SCOTT v. DENNIS

No. 11237.

392 So.2d 169 (1980)

Sherrie H. SCOTT v. Lee DENNIS et al.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

October 23, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles S. McCowan, Jr., John Dale Powers, Gary Z. Bezet, Sanders, Downing, Kean & Cazedessus, Baton Rouge, Anthony A. Fernandez, Jr., Chalmette, for plaintiff-appellant.

John F. Rowley, Dist. Atty., Nunzio S. Cusimano, Jr., Marcel J. Gueniot, Asst. Dist. Attys., 34th Judicial Dist. Court, Parish of St. Bernard, Chalmette, for defendants-appellees.

John F. Ward, Jr., Robert L. Hammonds, Baton Rouge, amicus curiae.

Before REDMANN, SCHOTT and GARRISON, JJ.


REDMANN, Judge.

Sherrie H. Scott was an employee of the St. Bernard Parish school board. For the three years prior to her taking a sabbatical leave, her duties were to teach reading at Borgnemouth elementary school. When she returned from her leave, she was assigned to teach language at Borgnemouth. She seeks to oblige the board to assign her to teach reading, and appeals from the district court's refusal of mandamus.

The issue is the meaning of La.R.S. 17...

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