Ex Parte Decatur City Board of Education (in Re: Carrie Cabri Witt v. Decatur City Board of Education)

Summary

The court granted the Board's petition for a writ of mandamus and directed the trial court to dissolve the preliminary injunction staying Witt's employment-termination proceeding and dismiss the underlying petition. It held that changed circumstances, including dismissal of the criminal charges and statutory protection against use of Witt's administrative testimony, eliminated a sufficient threat to her privilege against self-incrimination, and that the relevant balancing factors favored lifting the stay. No separate opinions were filed.