Legal Opinion
Mrs. Vella WRIGHT and Miss Saora Myers, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. HOUSTON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Defendant-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 27, 1978No. 76-1017PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
This cause presents a single, dispositive issue. It is whether the Singleton 1 requirement — that nonracial objective criteria be developed and employed in selecting among the staff of a given school district those of its professional staff who are to be demoted or dismissed in the event of a general reduction in force occasioned by desegregation — applies even though the desegregation process does not result in such a reduction in force. The district court concluded that Singleton required the development and system-wide application of such criteria prior to any dismissals…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Singleton v. Jackson Municipal Separate School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- 14 Fair empl.prac.cas. 171, 8 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 9472 Bennie G. Thompson, Evelyn Thomas, Etc. v. Madison County Board of Education, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Thompson v. Madison County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Willie McLAURIN Et Al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. the COLUMBIA MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT Et Al., Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- George Pickens, Vsv. Okolona Municipal Separate School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Dr. Ronnie Rogers v. Dr. M. L. BrocketteCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- 22 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1687, 19 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 9259 Joyce Marie Moore, Cross-Appellants v. Tangipahoa Parish School Board, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Johnnie Pegues v. Morehouse Parish School BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Patterson v. MasemCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1985
- Fort Bend Independent School District v. City of StaffordCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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