LAW v. RICHLAND CTY. SCHOOL DIST. NO. 1

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270 S.C. 492 (1978)

243 S.E.2d 192

George E. LAW, Jr., Respondent, v. RICHLAND COUNTY SCHOOL DISTRICT No. 1, a body politic and corporate, Dr. Brandon B. Sparkman, Superintendent of Education; and members of the Board of Trustees of District No. 1, Mr. Joe E. Bales, Dr. Edward E. Kimbrough, Dr. William H. Lindler, Mr. Sam E. McGregor, Mrs. Rosalind Sargent, Mrs. Barbara Scott, and Mr. Donald N. Upton, all such individuals named as Defendants being sued in their official capacities only, Appellants.

Supreme Court of South Carolina.

March 20, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis P. Mood of Boyd, Knowlton, Tate & Finlay, Columbia, for Appellants.

John R. Harper II, of Columbia, for Respondent.


March 20, 1978.

RHODES, Justice:

This is an appeal from an order of the lower court reversing the decision of the Board of School Commissioners for Richland County School District No. 1 to nonrenew the respondent's teaching contract. The lower court found that the grounds upon which the Board's decision was predicated were not supported by substantial evidence. We disagree and reverse.

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