California Teachers Ass'n v. Pasadena Unified School District

Appellants are an employee organization and various teachers who sought a writ of mandate to compel respondents school district and board of education to reemploy the teachers for the 1976-1977 school year. The trial court denied the petition as to all appellants.

The matter was submitted to the trial court upon the verified pleadings and exhibits and depositions. No findings of fact and conclusions of law were requested. In the absence of findings, every intendment is in favor of the judgment and it is presumed that every fact or inference essential to support the order and warranted by the evidence was found by the trial court. (Coffey v. Governing Board, 66 Cal.App.3d 279, 289 [ 135 Cal.Rptr. 881 ].) Since appellants sought the writ of mandate, they of course bore the burden of proving they were entitled to it. (Id., at p. 288.) We hold that appellants did not sustain that burden and therefore we affirm.

Appellants are divided into two groups: (1) temporary teachers and (2) children’s center teachers.

Temporary Teachers

Appellants Farrell, King, and Richardson were classified as temporary teachers during the 1975-1976 school year. Farrell and King were hired in the…