Legal Opinion
Rowena Kilgoar and Thomas Dow Mitchell v. Colbert County Board of Education
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 23, 1978No. 77-3210PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:
This appeal involves the third case brought by plaintiffs Kilgoar and Mitchell against the school board which discharged them in 1971 and has not rehired them. The court below granted motions for summary judgment on two grounds: first, several individual defendants were not members of the school board at any material time; second, as to all defendants, all issues had been or could have been decided in the first two cases. We reverse and remand.
In the first suit plaintiffs sued for reemployment and damages. The suit alleged that the board’s dismissal of plaintiffs and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Lawlor v. National Screen Service Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Singleton v. Jackson Municipal Separate School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- 10 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1386, 10 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 10,320 Jessie Stevenson, Etc. v. International Paper Company, Mobile, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Exhibitors Poster Exchange, Inc. v. National Screen Service CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Dore v. KleppeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
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