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SCHOOL COM., ETC. v. INHABITANTS OF TOWN, ETC.

404 A.2d 988 (1979)

SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF the TOWN OF WINSLOW et al. v. INHABITANTS OF the TOWN OF WINSLOW et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

August 9, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Drummond, Woodsum Plimpton & MacMahon by Hugh G. E. MacMahon (orally), Richard A. Carriuolo, Portland, for plaintiffs.

Sandy & Sandy by Robert E. Sandy, Jr. (orally), Waterville, for defendants.

Before POMEROY, ARCHIBALD, DELAHANTY, GODFREY and NICHOLS, JJ.

POMEROY, Justice.

Questions arising from the operation of public schools, the relationship between the superintending school committee and teachers and their respective rights and obligations, have long been a fruitful source of litigation. The first such litigation came to the Court and was decided in 1825. Searsmont v. Farwell, 3 Me. 450 (1825). A controversy involving the respective rights of the City Council of a City and its School Committee is not unprecedented...

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