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Olmsted v. Saint Paul Public Schools 830 F .3d 824 (8 th Cir. 2016) Facts: This case arises from the resignation of Timothy Olmsted. Homestead worked for St. Paul public school district from 1995 until his resignation in 2012 during the 2011 school year families allege that Olmsted racially discriminated against certain students and acted inappropriately in 2012 the district placed on sale on the paid administrative leave for allegations of misconduct his union rep attorney represented him in his investigation her name was Margaret Lugar. And she communicated with the district’s attorney Jeff Lala. Lala informed Lugar at the district’s board meeting they uncovered additional issues about Olmsted however when the situation happens whether his teacher misconduct the formal charges are supposed to be brought to the school board and the Minnesota Board of teaching however the board members suggested that if Olmsted were to resign there would be no need to issue report and that way Olmsted could just resign. However, Olmsted asked that if he could keep his teaching license and still take the resignation they denied, and he still accepted the offer. Lugar also informed him of the three different options he could take he still chose to resign. Once homestead a drafted his resignation letter in March 2012 the district then allowed him to exhaust all of his sick days leaving the district with a clean file. Three months after his resignation Olmsted wrote the district to resend his resignation into resume duties as a driver’s education teacher the district sent him a letter denying his request he didn’t sue the district for a breach of employment and among other things once in the district court they granted claims over Olmsted and Olmsted appealed . Issue(s): If the district was under breach of an employment contract and if there was duress Rule: Economic duress, which one person induces the formation or modification of a contract by threatening another person's economic interests. Application : Once Olmsted appealed, he argued that the District Court erred in granting summary judgment on his breach of contract claim and he claims that his resignation was revocable because when he resigned, he was under duress. Olmsted it starts at the district threaten to file termination charges against him when it had no intentions are grounds to do so. However, Olmsted lacked evidence that supported the allegations of the district made a lawful threat. The court also wrote to the Minnesota law of coercion. Also note that Olmsted learned of the districts proposed intention to file termination charges after he had been placed on administrative leave for misconduct allegations that he knew the nature of. he also had no evidence to support that the district had intentions to file termination charges against him. Olmsted also inferred that the District had no grounds to file any charges against him because it did not report him to the board of teaching
however district record shows that they do not report every time a teacher was suspended so under that case there is no Validity. Lastly even if the district unlawfully threatened him Olmsted had approximately eight days between the time that he learned of the district’s plan and when Olmsted submitted his resignation. Conclusion: Affirmed judgment of the District Court
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