Legal Opinion
Harkless v. SWEENY IND. SCH. DIST. OF SWEENY, TEXAS
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided January 16, 1975No. Civ. A. 66-G-34PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
NOEL, District Judge.
PREFACE
In the spring of 1965, defendant Sweeny Independent School District (hereinafter called the District) adopted a plan of complete school desegregation and, pursuant thereto, ordered the number of its faculty reduced for the 1966-67 school year. In effecting this- reduction, the District did not offer reemployment to seventeen Negro teachers.
On May 23, 1966, twelve of the seventeen filed this suit alleging racial discrimination in the decision not to' rehire. Plaintiffs predicated their sole cause of action on 42 U.S.C. § 1983.…
2Cases cited62 opinions
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Edelman v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Gene M. Oswalt Et Vir v. Scripto, Inc., Defendant-Third Party v. Tokai-Seiki Kk, a Japanese Corporation, Defendant-Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
- 16 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1637, 12 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 11,048 Witt Campbell, Cross v. Gadsden County District School Board, Etc., CrossappelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Arthur v. NyquistDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1976
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- Harkless v. Sweeny Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
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