Legal Opinion
Cook v. Davis
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 6, 1950No. 12727PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
Samuel Davis was in 1943 and still is a Negro teacher in the high schools for colored pupils in the City of Atlanta, Ga. Claiming that he and others similarly situated were by the Board of Education of the City of Atlanta discriminated against in salary as compared with white teachers having the same qualifications and duties solely because of his race and color contrary to the equal protection and due process clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution, he in his own behalf and in behalf of others similarly situated on July 2, 1943, filed in the district…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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3Cited by36 opinions
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- Krisel v. DuranDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1966
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