26 Conn. Super. Ct. 102 - Devlin v. Bennett’s Empirical Analysis

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2 federal appellate · 1 district · 5 state decisions

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The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

1. ““It is clear that the legislature did not intend to clothe a teacher who has not attained tenure, and the security secured thereby, with the same protections bestowed upon teachers who have proved their worth during their probationary period and have attained tenure. It is equally clear that the legislature did intend to grant nontenure teachers a measure of protection against arbitrary or capricious action by boards of education in respect to the renewal of teaching contracts, without impairing the right of boards of education to make honest and reasonable judgments in respect to the professional competence of probationary teachers. Boards of education once possessed an absolute discretion in regard to the renewal of contracts of nontenure, probationary teachers. The statutory requirements of a state-' ment of reasons for nonrenewal and a hearing make it necessary and essential, in order to fulfil the intent and purpose of the statute, that a board of education must exercise a sound and reasonable discretion in making decisions to renew or not to renew the contracts of nontenure, probationary teachers. This does not mean that a board of education has any burden to establish or prove any statutory reasons for its decision not to renew, or any obligation to withhold or defer such a decision until a hearing is held. Under the statute, it is clear that a board of education has a right to decide not to renew such a contract without a hearing. However, if a board does decide not t”

   2 later decisions quote this exact passage
   e.g. Duncan v. Reorganized School District No. R-1 · 315 F. Supp. 601 - Jones v. Battles

2. ““The fundamental purpose of the hearing is to give a probationary teacher who has already been acquainted with the reasons why a board of education has decided not to renew his contract a full and fair opportunity to persuade and convince the board that it is mistaken in that decision.” Id. at 111 , 213 A.2d at 731 .”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jacob v. Board of Regents for Education