Legal Opinion
United States of America, Lilly Russell v. Greenwood Municipal Separate School District
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 2, 1971No. 29637_1PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
BY THE COURT:
The judgment of the district court is vacated,1 and the cause is remanded to the district court with directions that *545the defendant school board be ordered to reinstate in teaching positions for the 1971-72 school year the seven black teachers who were dismissed for their refusal to accept teaching positions in black schools, provided that the seven black teachers desire at this time to be reinstated as teachers in the defendant school system.2 The motion of the appellants, Lilly Russell, et al, for payment by the defendant school district of back pay and lost pension benefits for…
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- Singleton v. Jackson Municipal Separate School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
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- United States of America, Lilly Russell v. Greenwood Municipal Separate School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972