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PARADIS v. SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE DIST., ETC.

446 A.2d 46 (1982)

Judy PARADIS v. SCHOOL ADMINISTRATIVE DISTRICT NO. 33 SCHOOL BOARD et al.

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine.

Decided June 7, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sunenblick, Fontaine & Reben, Stephen P. Sunenblick (orally), Howard T. Reben, Portland, for plaintiff.

Drummond, Woodsum, Plimpton & MacMahon, P. A., Hugh G. E. MacMahon (orally), Harry R. Pringle, Portland, for defendants.

Before McKUSICK, C. J., and GODFREY, NICHOLS, ROBERTS and CARTER, JJ.

McKUSICK, Chief Justice.

In this case on appeal from Superior Court (Aroostook County), we are asked to construe the portion of 20 M.R.S.A. § 161(5)1 that governs the elimination of teaching positions in public schools. Concluding that the court below erred as a matter of law in interpreting the statute to contain an implicit seniority principle, we remand the case for determination of the...

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