Legal Opinion
Lee v. Russell County Board of Education
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 11, 1977No. 76-3815PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AINSWORTH, Circuit Judge.
This appeal involves two distinct claims relating to the sensitive and difficult problem of the assignment of schoolteachers and staff in the wake of the school desegregation process. Plaintiff Evelyn Evans contends that she has suffered a wrongful demotion within the meaning of this court’s decision in Singleton v. Jackson Municipal Separate School District, 5 Cir., 1970, 419 F.2d 1211. Mrs. Evans was a full-time counselor in an all-grades black school before desegregation. With the consolidation that accompanied desegregation, Mrs. Evans was transferred to a…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Pasadena City Board of Education v. SpanglerSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Singleton v. Jackson Municipal Separate School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- 9 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1146, 2 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 10,285 Robert Carter v. West Feliciana Parish School BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- George Pickens, Vsv. Okolona Municipal Separate School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Mrs. Sarah M. Moore v. Winfield City Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Fort Bend Independent School District v. City of StaffordCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Johnson v. San Jacinto Junior CollegeDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1980
- Hereford v. Huntsville Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1978
- Dowell v. Board of Education of the Oklahoma City Public Schools, Independent District No. 89District Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 1987
- Warren G. Cousin, Cross-Appellant v. Board of Trustees of Houston Municipal Separate School District, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
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