WOMACK v. SAN FRANCISCO COMMUNITY COLLEGE DISTRICT
In determining whether "temporary" teacher had worked sufficient fraction of a "full time" assignment to acquire "contract" status, trial court properly considered individual district's definition of "full-time." Trial court properly applied doctrine of laches in denying petition for writ of mandate directing upgrade in teacher's status where substantial evidence supported finding that it was per se unreasonable for teacher to wait until nine years after he began teaching a specified number of units to claim that this qualified as a sufficient fraction of a full time assignment under applicable statute, that teacher acquiesced in the classification that he later challenged, and that the increased exposure to backpay as a result of delay prejudiced district; ruling on laches was further supported by petitioner's three year delay in obtaining hearing date on petition where only justifications offered for the delay were ignorance of the law, lack of assets with which to prosecute the action, and a change in associates in his attorneys' law firm.
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