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대법원 95누18727

Revocation of Dismissal (해임처분취소)해임처분취소

Decided1996. 04. 26. Court대법원Employer (school authority) won
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A public school teacher was dismissed after being suspected of having an affair with a married colleague teacher. The Supreme Court (대법원) upheld the dismissal, finding that the teacher had violated the duty to maintain dignity (품위유지의무) required of educators under Korean civil service law.

Key takeaways
  • CaseIncident: A teacher was dismissed after being suspected of having an affair with a married colleague teacher.
  • OutcomeResult: The Supreme Court ruled the dismissal was justified due to the teacher's violation of the duty to maintain dignity as an educator.
  • LessonLesson: Teachers are expected to maintain professional dignity even in their private lives, and violations can result in serious disciplinary action, including dismissal.
Issues
  • The standard for determining whether a disciplinary action against a public official exceeds the bounds of administrative discretion (재량권 일탈)
  • Whether dismissal is an appropriate disciplinary measure for a teacher's violation of the duty to maintain dignity (품위유지의무)
Key reasoning

The Court found that the teacher's conduct—engaging in behavior suspected of being an extramarital affair—damaged the dignity expected of a teacher and thus violated the duty to maintain dignity (품위유지의무) under the State Public Officials Act (국가공무원법). Given the nature and severity of the grounds for disciplinary action, the dismissal could not be considered objectively and clearly unreasonable. Therefore, the disciplinary authority's decision fell within the lawful scope of its discretionary power (재량권), and the dismissal was upheld as a valid exercise of that discretion.

Summary of Decision (English, AI translation)

[1] For a disciplinary action against a public official to be deemed an unlawful disposition that exceeds the bounds of discretion because it is excessively severe, it must be a case where, in light of the content and nature of the misconduct that constitutes the grounds for the discipline and the administrative purpose to be achieved by the discipline, the content of the discipline can be objectively and clearly recognized as unreasonable.

[2] Where Gap, a teacher, associated closely with Eul, a fellow teacher who was married, to the extent that it caused talk at the school, engaged in conduct that gave rise to suspicion of an adulterous relationship between the two, and this conduct eventually led to the breakdown of Eul's family, and where Gap, having continuously been in conflict with his wife Byeong over this matter, filed a divorce suit against Byeong, but the court did not accept Gap's claim and instead accepted Byeong's counterclaim (for divorce, consolation money, and division of property on the ground of adultery) and rendered a divorce judgment, then, in light of the teacher's duty (Article 74 of the Education Act (교육법)) to always strive to improve his character and qualities so as to serve as a model, Gap's such conduct constitutes conduct that damaged the dignity befitting a teacher, and therefore amounts to a violation of the duty to maintain dignity under Article 63 of the State Public Officials Act (국가공무원법). Accordingly, even taking into account circumstances such as Gap's length of service, the disposition of dismissal against Gap cannot be said to be unlawful as exceeding or abusing the bounds of discretion in light of the degree of Gap's misconduct. This is a case in which the Supreme Court reversed the judgment of the lower court, which had taken a different view and held that the education office's disposition of dismissal was unlawful.

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[Order]

[Plaintiff, Appellee]

[Defendant, Appellant] Superintendent of Education of Busan Metropolitan City (Litigation representative: Attorney Lee Gyu-hak)

[Lower Court Judgment]

Busan High Court Decision 94Gu2190 rendered on November 15, 1995

[Order]

The judgment of the court below is reversed, and the case is remanded to the Busan High Court.

[Reasoning]

The grounds of appeal are examined.

1. Summary of the Judgment Below

According to the reasoning of the judgment below, the lower court, based on the evidence it relied upon, found as follows: The Plaintiff was born on March 16, 1958, married Non-party 1 on June 17, 1982, and is a married person with two sons; Non-party 2 was born on May 27, 1961, married Non-party 3 on April 3, 1983, and is a married person with one daughter; both began working together as teachers at Gupo Girls' Commercial High School from March 1, 1990. From around May 1990, the Plaintiff was observed riding in Non-party 2's private car when leaving work, occasionally resting together in the health room, and frequently meeting in the computer room, and Vice-Principal Non-party Kim Chang-dong, concerned that the relationship between the two would become close enough to cause controversy, warned the Plaintiff twice to refrain from conduct that could give rise to suspicion. The Plaintiff's wife, the above Non-party 1, suspecting the relationship between the Plaintiff and the above Non-party 2, followed the Plaintiff and around July 10, 1990, witnessed the Plaintiff leaving the apartment where the above Non-party 2 resided and riding together in Non-party 2's car. Believing that the two were having an affair, the above Non-party 1, having learned that Non-party 3, the husband of Non-party 2, was then studying in Germany, sought out his friend Non-party 4 in Gyeongju around March 1991 and told him that the two were having an affair. Non-party 3, having heard this from his brother residing in Seoul, asked his brother to follow Non-party 2 until he returned to Korea. Accordingly, Non-party 3's brother and cousin, among others, followed Non-party 2 for about six months, and around July 1991 witnessed the following scene: the Plaintiff and a school nurse teacher rode together in Non-party 2's car when leaving work, the two got off in front of Dongnae Subway Station, the nurse teacher went home, while the Plaintiff, after waiting across the street, got back into Non-party 2's car, and the two went together to a street stall in front of Pusan National University and drank alcohol together. After Non-party 3 returned from Germany in early October 1991, he assaulted Non-party 2 and pressed her to confess the affair that had been ongoing. Under this pressure, Non-party 2 told Non-party 3 that she had had sexual relations with the Plaintiff several times, became pregnant, and had an abortion, and that the Plaintiff, feeling guilty, had undergone a vasectomy. Around the 10th of that month, at the Plaintiff's home, in the presence of about ten members of the three families—the Plaintiff, the above Non-party 1, and Non-party 3—Non-party 3 relayed what Non-party 2 had said, stating that she had confessed to the affair with the Plaintiff, and as a result everyone came to believe that the Plaintiff's affair was true. However, it was later revealed that the Plaintiff's wife, the above Non-party 1, had already undergone permanent sterilization surgery on November 15, 1986; that the Plaintiff underwent a vasectomy on May 13, 1991 without consulting the above Non-party 1; and that although Non-party 2 underwent an abortion on November 11, 1991, this was not, contrary to what Non-party 2 had told Non-party 3, due to sexual relations with the Plaintiff, but rather resulted from her having become pregnant through sexual relations with Non-party 3 around October 14, 1991, and thereafter, due to discord with Non-party 3, taking antibiotics and other medication. Thereafter, Non-party 2 and Non-party 3, after ongoing discord, divorced by mutual agreement on March 4, 1992. Around April 1992, the Plaintiff filed a divorce suit against the above Non-party 1 in the Eastern Branch of the Busan District Court, alleging infidelity and unjust treatment of his mother-in-law, and in response, the above Non-party 1 filed a counterclaim against the Plaintiff for divorce, alimony, and division of property on the ground of infidelity. As a result, on April 14, 1993, a judgment was rendered dismissing the Plaintiff's principal claim and partially granting Non-party 1's counterclaim for divorce, alimony, and division of property; although the Plaintiff appealed, the judgment was affirmed as is through the Busan High Court and the Supreme Court, and thus the Plaintiff and the above Non-party 1 were divorced by judicial decree as well. The Plaintiff was transferred from Gupo Girls' Commercial High School to Busan Nam Girls' Commercial High School on March 1, 1992, and worked there as a commerce teacher. When the above Non-party 1 submitted a petition to the Superintendent of Education of Busan Metropolitan City on June 22, 1993 demanding punishment of the Plaintiff, this became the impetus for the commencement of disciplinary proceedings against the Plaintiff and the above Non-party 2. As a result, the Defendant, on October 1, 1993, dismissed both individuals following a disciplinary resolution by the General Disciplinary Committee for Educational Public Officials of the Busan Metropolitan City Office of Education. Both individuals objected and requested reexamination by the Teachers' Disciplinary Reexamination Committee, but on January 25, 1994, the Plaintiff's request was denied, while Non-party 2's request was partially granted and her disciplinary action was changed to a three-month suspension. The lower court also found that the Plaintiff, born into a difficult family, graduated from a commercial high school, worked for a time, then entered the College of Education at Pusan National University, graduated with excellent grades, was appointed as a teacher around March 1984, and thereafter faithfully performed his duties, attending the graduate school of education at Pusan National University and obtaining a master's degree in education, for which he received a Superintendent's Award given to outstanding teachers around December 1989, and that he had never before been subject to disciplinary action prior to this case.

Having made these findings, the lower court held as follows: First, while there clearly exist circumstances suggesting suspicion that the Plaintiff and the above Non-party 2 had an affair, based on the series of actions taken by the two and how they appeared to others, in light of the fact that, despite the above Non-party 1 and Non-party 3's brother and others having followed and monitored the two persons' movements for a considerable period, the scene of any affair was never actually captured; the fact that the Plaintiff and the above Non-party 2 have consistently maintained, as fellow teachers, that they merely happened to meet occasionally, or met briefly in the course of the Plaintiff providing convenience such as gathering materials for Non-party 2, who was then enrolled in a master's program, and did not have an affair; and the fact that much of what Non-party 2 is alleged to have confessed to her husband Non-party 3 regarding the affair does not match the facts and thus lacks credibility—in light of these circumstances, absent other objective evidence sufficient to exclude reasonable doubt, it cannot be concluded, based merely on circumstantial evidence, that the Plaintiff and the above Non-party 2 had an affair. Therefore, the Defendant's finding, in issuing the dismissal disposition in this case, that the Plaintiff and Non-party 2 had an affair, must be viewed as a mistaken finding of the disciplinary misconduct. However, even setting aside the matter of the affair, as found above, the Plaintiff's conduct as a teacher was so reckless as to invite suspicion of an affair with Non-party 2, thereby causing the breakdown of two families and further causing controversy within the school community, which constitutes a violation of the duty to maintain dignity under the National Public Officials Act (국가공무원법). Nevertheless, in light of various circumstances—including the fact that the Plaintiff, while serving as an educational public official, had performed his duties faithfully without any disciplinary action and had even received a commendation, and that Non-party 2, who engaged in the dignity-damaging conduct together with the Plaintiff, subsequently had her disposition changed to a three-month suspension upon reexamination by the Teachers' Disciplinary Reexamination Committee and is currently working as a teacher—the lower court concluded that the remaining disciplinary misconduct, excluding the matter of the affair, cannot be deemed to constitute grounds for a dismissal disposition depriving the Plaintiff of his status as a public official. On this basis, the lower court determined that the Defendant's dismissal disposition against the Plaintiff in this case was unlawful.

2. Determination on the Grounds of Appeal

However, in order for a disciplinary action against a public official to be deemed unlawful as exceeding the bounds of discretion on the ground that it is excessively severe, it must be a case in which, in light of the content and nature of the misconduct constituting the grounds for discipline and the administrative purpose sought to be achieved by the discipline, the content of the discipline can be objectively recognized as clearly unjust (see Supreme Court Decision 83Nu76 rendered on June 12, 1984; Supreme Court Decision 95Nu9938 rendered on January 26, 1996, among others). Even according to the facts found by the lower court, it can be seen that the Plaintiff associated closely with the above Non-party 2, a fellow teacher and a married person, to the extent of causing controversy at the school; that he engaged in conduct giving rise to suspicion of an affair between the two; that this conduct ultimately led to the breakdown of Non-party 2's family; and that the Plaintiff, having continued to have discord with his wife, the above Non-party 1, over this matter, filed a divorce suit against her, but the claim was not accepted by the court, and rather, the counterclaim filed by the above Non-party 1 (for divorce on the ground of infidelity, alimony, and division of property) was accepted, resulting in a divorce judgment. In light of the teacher's duty to always strive to improve his character and qualities so as to serve as a model (Article 74 of the Education Act (교육법)), the Plaintiff's conduct as described above constitutes damage to the dignity befitting a teacher, and thus constitutes a violation of the duty to maintain dignity under Article 63 of the National Public Officials Act (국가공무원법). Therefore, even taking into account circumstances such as the Plaintiff's service record as set forth by the lower court, it cannot be said that the dismissal disposition against the Plaintiff in this case, in light of the degree of the Plaintiff's misconduct, exceeded the bounds of discretion or constituted an abuse thereof and was thus unlawful. Accordingly, the judgment below, which took a different view and revoked the Defendant's dismissal disposition in this case on the ground that it exceeded the bounds of discretion or constituted an abuse thereof, misapprehended the legal principles regarding the scope of disciplinary discretion, and this error affected the outcome of the judgment. The ground of appeal pointing this out is well-founded.

3. Therefore, the judgment below is reversed, and the case is remanded to the court below for further hearing and determination. This judgment is rendered by the unanimous opinion of the participating Justices, as set forth in the Order.

Justice Park Man-ho (Presiding Justice), Park Jun-seo, Kim Hyeong-seon (Justice in charge), Lee Yong-hun

【판결요지】

[1] 공무원의 징계가 지나치게 무거워 재량권의 범위를 벗어난 위법한 처분이라고 할 수 있으려면 징계의 사유가 된 비위사실의 내용 및 성질과 징계에 의하여 달성하려는 행정목적 등에 비추어 그 징계내용이 객관적으로 명백히 부당하다고 인정할 수 있는 경우이어야 한다.

[2] 교사인 '갑'이 학교에서 물의가 빚어질 정도로 동료교사이며 기혼자인 '을'과 가깝게 지냈고, 둘 사이에 불륜관계가 있는 것으로 의심할 만한 행위를 하였으며, 급기야는 이러한 행동으로 인해 '을'의 가정이 파탄에 이르게 되었고, '갑'은 처인 '병'과 이 문제로 계속 불화하여 오다가 '병'을 상대로 이혼소송을 제기하였으나, 법원에서 위 청구가 받아들여지지 아니하였고 오히려 '병'이 제기한 반소청구(부정행위를 원인으로 한 이혼 및 위자료, 재산분할청구)가 받아들여져 이혼판결이 선고되었다면, 항상 사표가 될 품성과 자질의 향상에 힘써야 할 교원의 의무( 교육법 제74조)에 비추어 '갑'의 이와 같은 행위는 교원으로서의 품위를 손상시킨 것으로서 국가공무원법 제63조 소정의 품위유지의무 위반행위가 된다고 할 것이므로 '갑'의 근무경력 등 사정을 참작하더라도 '갑'에 대한 해임처분이 '갑'의 비위정도에 비추어 재량권의 범위를 일탈하였거나 남용한 위법한 것이라고는 할 수 없다는 이유로 이와 다른 견해에서 교육청의 해임처분이 위법하다고 본 원심판결을 파기한 사례.

【참조조문】

[1] 국가공무원법 제63조 , 제78조 제1항 , 행정소송법 제27조

[2] 국가공무원법 제63조 , 제78조 제1항 , 교육법 제74조 , 행정소송법 제27조

【참조판례】

[1] 대법원 1984. 6. 12. 선고 83누76 판결(공1984, 1291), 대법원 1988. 3. 22. 선고 87누366 판결(공1988, 706), 대법원 1990. 11. 13. 선고 90누1625 판결(공1991, 107), 대법원 1996. 1. 26. 선고 95누9938 판결(공1996상, 805)

【주문】·【이유】 전문 5,108자 · 펼쳐 보기

【원고,피상고인】

【피고,상고인】 부산광역시 교육감 (소송대리인 변호사 이규학)

【원심판결】 부산고법 1995. 11. 15. 선고 94구2190 판결

【주문】

원심판결을 파기하고 사건을 부산고등법원에 환송한다.

【이유】 상고이유를 판단한다.

1. 원심판결의 요지

원심판결 이유에 의하면 원심은, 그 내세운 증거에 의하여 원고는 1958. 3. 16.생으로 1982. 6. 17. 소외 1과 혼인하여 아들 둘을 둔 기혼자이고, 소외 2은 1961. 5. 27.생으로 1983. 4. 3. 소외 3와 혼인하여 딸 하나를 둔 기혼자로서 1990. 3. 1.부터 구포여자상업고등학교의 교사로 함께 근무하게 되었는데, 원고는 1990. 5.경부터 퇴근시 위 소외 2의 자가용 승용차에 동승하고, 가끔 양호실에서 함께 휴식을 취하고, 컴퓨터실에서 자주 만나는 등의 모습이 목격되어 두 사람의 사이가 물의를 일으킬 정도로 가까와질 것을 염려한 교감 소외 김창동으로부터 2차에 걸쳐 의심받을 행동을 자제하라는 내용의 주의를 받은 사실, 원고와 위 소외 2와의 관계를 의심한 원고의 처인 위 소외 1은 원고를 미행 한 끝에 1990. 7. 10.경 원고가 위 소외 2가 사는 아파트에서 나와 위 소외 2의 승용차에 동승하여 가는 장면을 목격하였고, 이에 위 두 사람이 불륜관계를 맺고 있는 것으로 생각한 위 소외 1은 위 소외 2의 남편인 위 소외 3이 당시 독일유학 중임을 알고 1991. 3.경 그의 친구인 소외 4를 경주로 수소문하여 찾아가 위 두 사람이 불륜관계를 맺고 있는 것으로 이야기하였으며, 그러한 이야기를 서울에 거주하는 형으로부터 전해 들은 위 소외 3은 자신의 형에게 귀국할 때까지 위 소외 2를 미행하여 줄 것을 부탁하였는바, 이에 위 소외 3의 형과 사촌동생 등이 약 6개월간 위 소외 2를 미행한 끝에 1991. 7.경 위 소외 2의 승용차에 원고와 양호선생이 동승하여 퇴근하다가 동래전철역 앞에서 두 사람이 내려 양호선생은 귀가하고 원고는 길 건너편에 있다가 위 소외 2의 승용차를 다시 타고 부산대학교 앞 포장마차에 함께 가서 술을 마시는 장면이 목격된 사실, 위 소외 3은 1991. 10.초경 독일에서 귀국한 후 위 소외 2를 폭행하며 그 동안의 불륜관계에 대하여 실토할 것을 추궁하였고, 이에 시달린 위 소외 2는 위 소외 3에게 원고와 몇 차례 성관계를 가져 임신을 하여 임신중절수술을 받았고 이에 원고는 양심의 가책을 느껴 정관수술을 받았다는 말을 하게 되었는데, 그 달 10.경 원고의 집에서 원고와 위 소외 1, 위 3의 세 가족 10여 명이 모인 자리에서 위 소외 3이 위 소외 2가 한 말을 전하여 원고와의 불륜사실을 자백하였다고 이야기함으로써 다들 원고의 불륜관계를 사실로 믿게 된 사실, 그런데 원고의 처인 위 소외 1은 1986. 11. 15. 이미 영구불임수술을 받았고, 원고는 1991. 5. 13. 위 소외 1과 상의 없이 정관수술을 받았으며, 위 소외 2는 1991. 11. 11. 임신중절수술을 받았지만 이는 위 소외 2가 위 소외 3에게 한 말과는 달리 원고와의 성관계로 인한 것이 아니라 1991. 10. 14.경 위 소외 3과 성관계를 가진 것이 임신된 후 위 소외 3과의 불화로 항생제 등을 복용한 탓이었음이 뒤늦게 밝혀진 사실, 그 후 위 소외 2와 소외 3은 불화끝에 1992. 3. 4. 협의이혼하였고, 원고는 1992. 4.경 부산지방법원 동부지원에 위 소외 1을 상대로 부정행위 및 시어머니에 대한 부당한 대우를 이유로 한 이혼소송을 제기하고, 이에 대해 위 소외 1은 원고를 상대로 부정행위를 이유로 한 이혼과 위자료 및 재산분할의 반소청구를 한 결과 1993. 4. 14. 원고의 본소청구를 기각하고 위 소외 1의 반소에 기한 이혼청구와 위자료 및 재산분할 청구를 일부인용하는 판결이 선고되었으며, 원고가 상소하였지만 부산고등법원, 대법원을 거쳐 그대로 확정됨으로써 원고와 위 소외 1도 재판상 이혼이 된 사실, 원고는 1992. 3. 1.부터 구포여자상업고등학교에서 부산남여자상업고등학교로 전보되어 상업교사로 근무하였는데, 위 소외 1이 1993. 6. 22. 원고에 대한 처벌을 요구하는 내용의 진정서를 부산직할시 교육감에게 제출한 것이 빌미가 되어 원고와 위 소외 2에 대한 징계절차가 개시되게 되었고, 그 결과 피고는 1993. 10. 1. 부산직할시 교육청 교육공무원 일반징계위원회의 징계의결을 거쳐 두 사람 모두 해임처분을 하였으며, 이에 대하여 두 사람 모두 불복하여 교원징계재심위원회에 재심을 청구하였으나, 1994. 1. 25. 원고의 청구는 기각된 반면 위 소외 2의 청구는 일부 받아들여져 정직 3월로 변경된 사실, 원고는 어려운 가정에서 태어나 상업고등학교를 졸업하고 직장생활을 하다가 부산대학교 사범대학에 입학하여 우수한 성적으로 졸업하여 1984. 3.경 교사로 임용된 이후 성실히 직무를 수행하면서 부산대학교 교육대학원을 다녀 교육학 석사학위를 취득함으로써 1989. 12.경 우수교원에게 수여하는 교육감상을 수상하였고, 이 사건 전에 징계처분을 받은 적이 없는 사실을 각 인정한 다음, 우선 원고와 위 소외 2이 취한 일련의 행동과 외부에 비친 모습에서 그 두 사람이 불륜관계를 맺은 것으로 의심할 만한 정황은 분명히 존재하나, 원고의 처인 위 소외 1과 위 소외 3의 형 등이 상당 기간 동안 위 두 사람의 행적을 미행, 감시하였음에도 불륜관계의 현장이 포착되지 않은 점, 원고와 위 소외 2는 서로 동료교사로서 지내면서 우연히 또는 당시 대학원 석사과정에 다니고 있던 위 소외 2에게 원고가 자료수집 등의 편의를 제공하는 과정에서 잠시 만났을 뿐 불륜관계를 맺은 바 없다고 일관되게 주장하고 있는 점, 위 소외 2가 그 남편인 위 소외 3에게 불륜관계를 실토하였다는 내용의 상당 부분이 사실과 달라 신빙성이 없는 점 등에 비추어 볼 때, 달리 합리적인 의심을 배제할 만한 객관적인 증거가 없는 상태에서 막연히 정황증거만으로 원고와 위 소외 2가 불륜관계를 맺은 것으로 단정할 수는 없다 할 것이므로, 피고가 이 사건 해임처분을 함에 있어서 원고와 위 소외 2가 불륜관계를 맺은 것으로 인정한 것은 징계비위사실을 오인한 것으로 볼 수밖에 없고, 다만 위 불륜관계의 점을 제외하더라도 위에서 인정되는 바와 같이 원고가 위 소외 2와의 사이에 불륜관계에 있는 것으로 오인받을 만큼 교사로서 분별없는 처신을 함으로써 두 가정이 파탄에 이름은 물론 나아가 학교사회에까지 물의를 일으키도록 한 것은 국가공무원법이 정하는 품위유지의무를 위반한 것이라고 할 수 있으나, 원고가 교육공무원으로 근무하면서 그 동안 아무런 징계처분도 받지 아니한 채 성실히 근무하여 표창까지 받은 적이 있는 점, 원고와 함께 품위손상행위를 한 위 소외 2는 그 후 교원징계재심위원회의 재심에서 정직 3월로의 변경처분을 받아 현재 교사로 근무하고 있는 점 등 제반 사정에 비추어 볼 때, 불륜관계의 점을 제외한 나머지 인정되는 징계비위사실만으로는 공무원으로서의 신분을 박탈하는 해임처분을 할 수 있는 사유에 해당한다고 볼 수도 없다는 이유로 피고의 원고에 대한 이 사건 해임처분은 위법하다고 판단하였다.

2. 상고이유에 대한 판단

그러나 공무원의 징계가 지나치게 무거워 재량권의 범위를 벗어난 위법한 처분이라고 할 수 있으려면 징계의 사유가 된 비위사실의 내용 및 성질과 징계에 의하여 달성하려는 행정목적 등에 비추어 그 징계내용이 객관적으로 명백히 부당하다고 인정할 수 있는 경우이어야 할 것인데( 대법원 1984. 6. 12. 선고 83누76 판결, 1996. 1. 26. 선고 95누9938 판결 등 참조), 원심이 인정한 사실에 의하더라도 원고가 학교에서 물의가 빚어질 정도로 동료교사이며 기혼자인 위 소외 2와 가깝게 지냈고, 둘 사이에 불륜관계가 있는 것으로 의심할 만한 행위를 하였으며, 급기야는 이러한 행동으로 인해 위 소외 2의 가정이 파탄에 이르게 된 점, 원고는 처인 위 소외 1과 이 사건 문제로 계속 불화하다가 위 소외 1을 상대로 이혼소송을 제기하였으나, 법원에서 위 청구가 받아들여지지 아니하였고 오히려 위 소외 1이 제기한 반소청구(부정행위를 원인으로 한 이혼 및 위자료, 재산분할청구)가 받아들여져 이혼판결이 선고된 점을 알 수 있는바, 항상 사표가 될 품성과 자질의 향상에 힘써야 할 교원의 의무( 교육법 제74조)에 비추어 본다면, 원고의 이와 같은 행위는 교원으로서의 품위를 손상시킨 것으로서 국가공무원법 제63조 소정의 품위유지의무 위반행위가 된다고 할 것이니 원고의 근무경력 등 원심이 설시한 바와 같은 사정을 참작하더라도 원고에 대한 이 사건 해임처분이 원고의 비위정도에 비추어 재량권의 범위를 일탈하였거나 남용한 위법한 것이라고는 할 수 없으므로, 이와 다른 견해에서 피고의 이 사건 해임처분이 재량권의 범위를 일탈하였거나 남용하였다 하여 이를 취소한 원심판결은 징계재량권 범위에 관한 법리를 오해함으로써 판결결과에 영향을 미쳤다 할 것이다. 이 점을 지적하는 상고이유의 주장은 이유 있다.

3. 그러므로 원심판결을 파기하고 사건을 다시 심리·판단하게 하기 위하여 원심법원에 환송하기로 관여 법관들의 의견이 일치되어 주문과 같이 판결한다.

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