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WHALEN v. MINNEAPOLIS SP. SCH. DIST. NO. 1

Nos. 46837, 46858.

245 N.W.2d 440 (1976)

Patricia WHALEN, et al., petitioners, Respondents, v. MINNEAPOLIS SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

July 2, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lindquist & Vennum, N. L. Newhall and Jerrold F. Bergfalk, Minneapolis, for appellant.

Peterson, Engberg & Peterson, Roger A. Peterson and Bruce P. Grostephan, Minneapolis, for respondents.

Peterson, Popovich, Knutson & Flynn, Peter S. Popovich and Richard J. Sands, St. Paul, for Minnesota School Boards Assn. amicus curiae seeking reversal.

Considered and decided by the court without oral argument.

PER CURIAM.

These proceedings challenge the validity of a discharge by the Minneapolis Board of Education of two of its tenured teachers, respondents Patricia Whalen and Wayne Bigelow. On reviewing that decision, the district court held that the procedures followed in granting respondents a hearing under Minn.St. 125.17, subd. 5, were fatally defective and the court ordered that respondents be reinstated with back pay. We reverse.

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