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THOMPSON v. MEMPHIS CITY SCHOOLS BD.

No. W2010-02631-SC-R11-CV

395 S.W.3d 616 (2012)

Saundra THOMPSON v. MEMPHIS CITY SCHOOLS BOARD OF EDUCATION.

Supreme Court of Tennessee, at Jackson.

December 21, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard L. Colbert and Courtney L. Wilbert , Franklin, Tennessee, for the appellant, Saundra Thompson.

Robert L.J. Spence, Jr. , Memphis, Tennessee, for the appellee, Memphis City Schools Board of Education.

OPINION

CORNELIA A. CLARK, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which GARY R. WADE, C.J., JANICE M. HOLDER, WILLIAM C. KOCH, JR., and SHARON G. LEE, JJ., joined.

We granted this appeal to determine whether a tenured teacher's failure to return from sick leave amounts to a constructive resignation or a forfeiture of tenure. We hold that, although a tenured teacher's failure to return from sick leave may constitute cause for termination, there is no...

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