Legal Opinion
Cross v. Board of Ed. of Dollarway, Ark. Sch. Dist.
District Court, E.D. Arkansas
Decided June 17, 1975No. PB-74-C-205PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
HENLEY, Circuit Judge
Sitting By Designation.
This civil rights action is the latest in a series of cases extending back to 1959 wherein efforts have been made to desegregate the students and faculty of the Dollarway School District. 1 The plaintiff, a black man named Othello Cross, claims to have been victimized by racial discrimination practiced by the District in the hiring, compensation, and promotion of its employees in violation of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983, and 2000e-2, and he asks this court to grant him the job of head high school football coach and athletic director at…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Smith v. Board of Education of Morrilton School District No. 32Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
- Addie Moore v. The Board of Education of the Chidester School District No. 59, Chidester, ArkansasCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1971
- Cato v. ParhamDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1968
- L. R. Jackson v. Wheatley School District No. 28 of St. Francis County, ArkansasCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970
- Dove v. ParhamDistrict Court, E.D. Arkansas · 1959
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3Cited by2 opinions
- Lee Hardman v. The Board of Education of the Dollarway, Arkansas School District, a Public Body Corporate and James Mathews, Superintendent of Schools of the Dollarway, Arkansas School District Vicki Brown, Elijah Coleman, Robert Morehead, Delma Cotner and Gaylon Presley as Members of the Board of Education in Their Official Capacities, Lee Hardman v. The Board of Education of the Dollarway, Arkansas School District, a Public Body Corporate and James Mathews, Superintendent of Schools of the Dollarway, Arkansas School District Vicki Brown Elijah Coleman Robert Morehead, Delma Cotner and Gaylon Presley as Members of the Board of Education in Their Official CapacitiesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983
- Hardman v. Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1983