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LIPKA v. BROWN CITY SCHOOLS

Docket Nos. 56795, 56796. (Calendar Nos. 10, 2).

403 Mich. 554 (1978)

271 N.W.2d 771

LIPKA v. BROWN CITY COMMUNITY SCHOOLS

Supreme Court of Michigan.

Argued on rehearing January 3, 1978.

Decided May 2, 1977.

Decided November 20, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Foster, Swift, Collins & Coey, P.C. (by Lynwood E. Beekman), for plaintiffs.

Thrun, Maatsch & Nordberg (by Thomas J. Nordberg and Harry J. Zeliff) for defendant.

Amici Curiae:

William E. Lobenherz for Michigan Association of School Boards.

Levin, Levin, Garvett & Dill (by Erwin B. Ellmann) for Michigan Education Association.

Fieger, Golden & Cousens for Michigan Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO.

ON REHEARING

Decided November 20, 1978. Rehearing granted 400 Mich. 984.

KAVANAGH, C.J.

When this case was first submitted, we were evenly divided over the question of whether a school board's written statement that a probationary teacher's work is unsatisfactory must include reasons for that conclusion.

I wrote to answer this question affirmatively, requiring school boards to provide reasons for...

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