Legal Opinion
Lee v. Roanoke City Board of Education
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 28, 1972No. 72-1656PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
This case involves the rights of a tenured teacher displaced from her job by the court-ordered closing of a black school. We hold that the teacher, Mrs. Attrie Henderson, was protected by Singleton v. Jackson Municipal Separate School District, 5 Cir. 1969, 419 F.2d 1211, and by the district court order from “demotion” to non-tenured status. Accordingly, the Roanoke City Board of Education may dismiss her only in accordance with the procedures of Alabama law applicable to tenured teachers.
For more than fifty years, the Randolph County school system and the Roanoke City…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Singleton v. Jackson Municipal Separate School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- 4 Fair empl.prac.cas. 762, 4 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 7829 Ira Mae Sparks v. Merritt Griffin, IndividuallyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Albert Rauls and Trulie Hammond v. Baker County, Georgia, Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Lee v. Macon County Board of EducationDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1970
- United States v. Texas Education Agency and La Vega Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
3Cited by3 opinions
- Joseph HARDY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Leon L. PORTER, Jr., Et Al., Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Joseph HARDY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Leon L. PORTER, Jr., Et Al., Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Lee v. Roanoke City Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972