ADVERSE EMPLOYMENT ACTIONS AND PUBLIC SCHOOL ...

CHAPTER IV
DATA PRODUCTION AND SYNTHESIS
Introduction
The production of data in this chapter was carried out by writing a case brief of 125
litigated cases derived from West Education Law Digest descriptors: Schools 147.28--Principals.
The cases were briefed following the system set forth by Statsky and Wernet (1995) in which the
brief is meant to convey the decision of the court as well as all necessary information regarding
the outcome. The following format was employed to explicate each case used in the study:
citation, key facts, issues, holding, reasoning, and disposition.
The briefs are arranged in chronological order beginning in 1981 and concluding in 2010.
This sampling covers 30 years and 143 cases. Eighteen of those cases, however, were removed
from the data because they did not match with any of the adverse employment actions at issue in
this dissertation.
1981
Case Briefs
Citation: Pasqua v. LaFourche Parish School Board, 408 So. 2d 438 (1981 La. App.).
Key Facts: Due to budgetary downsizing, the plaintiff, Frank J. Pasqua, was reassigned
from his position as junior high assistant principal at South Thibodaux Junior High School, in
which he was tenured, without having his salary maintained. He was reassigned to an elementary
school assistant principal position. Pasqua did not argue that his salary was reduced but that it
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