Legal Opinion
York v. Alabama State Board of Education
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided August 10, 1983No. Civ. A. 83-T-421-NPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.
Suing on behalf of themselves and others similarly situated, the plaintiffs — 19 black and three white former, nontenured teachers in the school system of Mobile County, Alabama — brought this cause of action on May 4, 1983, challenging the school system’s use of the National Teacher Examinations (NTE) to determine whether teacher applicants should be employed and nontenured teachers reemployed. The plaintiffs contend that the use of the tests has had a racially disparate impact on black nontenured teachers in the school system, in violation of Title…
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Vernon v. State of CaliforniaCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2004
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