# Lamar School District No. 39 v. Kinder

> Supreme Court of Arkansas · December 13, 1982 · 278 Ark. 1

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9684805

## Case

- **Full name:** LAMAR SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 39 v. Michael Glen KINDER and Jimmy WRIGHT
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Arkansas
- **Decided:** December 13, 1982
- **Citations:** 278 Ark. 1; 642 S.W.2d 885; 1982 Ark. LEXIS 1607
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Hays
- **Judges:** Adkisson, Dudley, Hickman, Hays
- **Cited by:** 14 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding any cause includes non-renewal of teacher-coaches’ teaching contracts for a poor win-loss record

## Opinion text

Steele Hays, Justice, dissenting. I cannot agree that someone hired as a football coach and teacher can be terminated on the basis of the team’s win-loss record, even though hired primarily as a coach. Certainly the board can non-renew the contract of a coach for any reason it chooses, but if his status continues beyond probation then it is my view that under the Teacher Fair Dismissal Act he can be discharged only for cause, and that is not to be determined by so variable a standard as the team’s ability to win.
Dudley, J., joins in this dissent.

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