Hill v. Shaffer
Case Details
- Nature of Suit — the legal category of the dispute
- 440 Civil Rights: Other
- Status — whether other courts must follow this ruling
- Unknown
- Procedural Posture — the stage the case had reached
- appeal
- State
- Michigan
- Circuit
- Seventh Circuit
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Outcome
The Michigan Supreme Court reversed the Teachers' Tenure Commission's decision and held that when calculating back pay for a wrongfully suspended teacher, amounts earned or reasonably available from other employment must be deducted under the mitigation doctrine, but the teacher is still entitled to reinstatement and compensation for the net loss of salary.
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