Legal Opinion
Naomi Brooks v. School District of City of Moberly, Missouri, Etc.
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 17, 1959No. 16131_1PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs, seven Negro school teachers, who were employed by the defendant School District to teach in its segregated school maintained for Negroes during the 1954-1955 school year, and were not reemployed when the school system was integrated commencing in the fall of 1955, appeal from final order entered October 2, 1958, dismissing their complaint praying for declaratory judgment, an injunction, and damages.
Plaintiffs’ cause of action is based upon their claim that the defendants denied them reemployment after integration solely because of their race or color,…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- United States v. United States Gypsum Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- United States v. Oregon State Medical SocietySupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Morris v. WilliamsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1945
- State Ex Rel. Wood v. Board of Educ. of St. LouisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1947
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3Cited by44 opinions
- Martha Lyons v. Board of Education of Charleston Reorganized School District No. 1 of Mississippi County, MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- Smith v. Board of Education of Morrilton School District No. 32Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
- Thomas Justin Orr v. Raymond E. TrinterCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1971
- Dolores Buhr v. Buffalo Public School District No. 38Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
- Chambers v. Hendersonville City Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
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