Opinion

Peters v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF RANTOUL TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL DIST.

  • 97 Ill. 2d 166
  • 73 Ill. Dec. 450
  • 454 N.E.2d 310
  • 1983 Ill. LEXIS 417
Court
Illinois Supreme Court
Filed
Jun 17, 1983
Status
Published
Author
Goldenhersh
On the bench
Clark, Goldenhersh, Ward
Cited by
14 cases

holding that the “plain feel” doctrine does not offend the fourth amendment

How later courts described this case

  • holding that the “plain feel” doctrine does not offend the fourth amendment
  • holding that the Aplain feel@ doctrine does not offend the fourth amendment

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The opinion

JUSTICE GOLDENHERSH, dissenting:

I dissent and would affirm the judgment of the appellate court.

The decision here would require the exercise of very little ingenuity on the part of a school board or superintendent who desired to dispense with the services of a tenured teacher. In contrast, the appellate court has given the statute a construction which protects the rights of a tenured teacher without restricting the reasonable exercise of the boards authority to assign courses to teaching positions.

It is apparent that by reassigning one English course and one course in journalism, plaintiff could have continued to be employed. This would implement the tenure act and prevent the arbitrary and capricious action taken here.

JUSTICE CLARK joins in this dissent.

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