REINHARDT v. BOARD OF EDUC.

No. 46886.

61 Ill.2d 101 (1975)

329 N.E.2d 218

ELIZABETH ANN REINHARDT, Appellee, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF ALTON COMMUNITY UNIT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 11, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed June 2, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold G. Baker, Jr., of Belleville (John M. Ferguson, of counsel), for appellant.

Richard Shaikewitz, of Wiseman, Shaikewitz, McGivern, Bacus, Wahl, of Alton, for appellee.

David Rubin and J. Stuart Lemle, of Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae National Education Association.

Lawrence J. Weiner, of Weiner, Wexler & Spak, of Chicago, for amicus curiae Illinois Education Association.


Judgments vacated; cause remanded.

MR. JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

On February 29, 1972, the defendant, the Board of Education of Alton Community Unit School District No. 11 (hereafter "the Board"), adopted a resolution discharging the plaintiff, Elizabeth Ann Reinhardt, a tenured kindergarten teacher in the school district (hereafter "the teacher"), for "immorality" and because "the interest of the schools of this school district require...

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