JOHNSON v. INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST. 281

No. C1-91-1282.

494 N.W.2d 270 (1992)

Shirley JOHNSON, Respondent, v. INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 281, Petitioner, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

December 31, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric Magnuson, Rider, Bennett, Egan & Arundel, Minneapolis, Frank Madden, Pamela R. Galanter, Frank Madden & Associates, Plymouth, for appellant.

Donald W. Lewis, Andrew H. Seitel, Popham, Haik, Schnobrich & Kaufmann, Ltd., Minneapolis, for respondent.

Dale G. Swanson, Minnesota Elementary School Principals' Ass'n, Dale G. Swanson Law Office, Forest Lake, Minnesota School Boards Ass'n, Gloria B. Olson, Diane M. Cornell, Minnesota Educ. Ass'n, Harley M. Ogata, Roger L. Barrett, Christina L. Clark, St. Paul, for amicus curiae.

Heard, considered, and decided by the court en banc.


COYNE, Justice.

On May 21, 1990, Independent School District No. 281 gave Shirley Johnson, a probationary teacher, written notice that on May 20, 1990 the school board had resolved not to renew her contract for the following school year. The writ of certiorari was issued July 18, 1990. Nevertheless, the court of appeals treated Ms. Johnson's petition as if the writ had not issued and as if she sought extraordinary relief...

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