ADVERSE EMPLOYMENT ACTIONS AND PUBLIC SCHOOL ...

falsification of documents (2), personal threats (1), and possession of marijuana with intent to
distribute (1). In these cases, the school system prevailed in litigation 58% of the time.
Table 36
Outlandish Behaviors with Litigative Claim
Case Year State Action PP Litigative Claim
Logan, v. Warren
Co. Bd. of Educ.
Bd. of Educ. of
Alamogordo Pub.
Schools Dist. No.. 1
v. Jennings
Rabon v. Bryan
County Bd. of
Educ.
Pryor School Dist.
v. Superintendent of
Pub. Instruction
Spurlock v. Bd. of
Trustees
Summers v.
Vermilion Parish
School Bd.
1982 GA NR S Logan claimed that his non-renewal was a
political retaliation for his failed campaign be
elected school superintendent not for his felony
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conviction for tax fraud.
1982 NM T E Jennings argued that his termination was
improper because the district failed to prove that
his extra-marital affair impeded his work
performance and provide him with remediation
for sexual harassment charges.
1985 GA T S Rabon argued that his termination for failed
leadership based on incompetency for his
sexually charged remarks to and about teachers
was illegal because the school board was bound
to accept the discipline suggested by the state
investigative panel.
1985 MT T E Youngquist was terminated for failed leadership
based on incompetency and physical altercations
with students. He alleged that there was not
sufficient cause or evidence for his termination.
1985 WY T SPLIT Spurlock claimed tenure violations when his
administrative and teacher contracts were
terminated for failed leadership and interpersonal
strife due to his personal threats to a husband-
wife teacher pair.
1986 LA T SPLIT Summers was arrested for possession of
marijuana with intent to distribute. He argued that
his termination was invalid because he was not
provided with a pre-termination hearing violating
due process.
Daury v. Smith 1988 MA R S Daury claimed Ninth and Fourteenth
Amendments retaliation violations for his
reassignment during a reduction in force and
district realignment due to his need for
psychiatric counseling following numerous
incidents of mental instability one of which
included placing a student in a stranglehold.
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