Court Opinion

ID: 9592082
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 00:10:20.454102+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:01:14.903577
License: Public Domain

Spfncer, J.,
dissenting.
I respectfully dissent from the majority opinion herein. The opinion fails to recognize that the teachers involved were not on tenure, but were hired on 1-year contracts. They were not discharged but simply were not rehired for an additional year when their existing contracts expired.
An employer should have an absolute right to refuse to renew a contract, regardless of his reasons, unless tenure is involved, See Board of Regents v. Roth (Wis.), 40 Law Week 5079. The majority opinion, carried to its logical conclusion, will permit employees under short-term contracts, to make those contracts permanent ones regardless of the wishes of the employer. At the very least, an employee can force the employer to litigate every refusal to renew a contract.