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1979
Volume
12
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Journal Article
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FIRST PARAGRAPH(S)|An important decision regarding the termination of teaching contracts held by tenured teachers was handed down by the Nebraska Supreme Court in Sanders v. Board of Education. There the teaching contract of the plaintiff, a tenured high school physical education teacher, was terminated by a unanimous vote of the defendant school board despite two previous satisfactory teaching evaluations. In an error proceeding filed by the plaintiff, the district court found no substantial evidence sufficient to establish just cause for the termination of the plaintiff's teaching contract, and concluded that the termination was arbitrary and unreasonable. From the district court's order to set aside the termination and to reinstate the plaintiff's contract, the school board appealed...
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12 Creighton L. Rev. 359 (1978-1979)
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Creighton University School of Law