Legal Opinion
R. Brooks Bates, Individually and as Superintendent of the Russell County Board of Education v. Leslie Dause and Robert Garner
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 12, 1974No. 73-2111PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PHILLIPS, Chief Judge.
This appeal grows out of the demotion and transfer of the principals of two elementary schools by action of the Superintendent of Schools and Board of Education of Russell County, Kentucky. Both principals were demoted to classroom teachers. Both had acquired tenure under the Kentucky Teachers’ Tenure Statute, K.R.S. §§ 161.720-161.810.
An action was brought against the Superintendent of Schools and certain members of the Board of Education in their individual capacities under 42 U. S.C. § 1983 and 28 U.S.C. § 1343. By amendments to the pleadings, plaintiffs also asserted…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Pickering v. Board of Ed. of Township High School Dist. 205, Will Cty.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Thomas Justin Orr v. Raymond E. TrinterCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1971
- Phyllis B. Hetrick v. Robert R. Martin, President of Eastern Kentucky University, and the Board of Regents of Eastern Kentucky UniversityCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1973
- David v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Deborah J. Schneider, Cross-Appellant v. The City of Atlanta (Bureau of Corrections), and J. D. Hudson, Ind., Etc., Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Steven Ryan v. Aurora City Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1976
- A. Patrick Tonti v. James C. Petropoulous and Richard B. MetcalfCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1981
- Connealy v. WalshDistrict Court, W.D. Missouri · 1976
- Stephen Manchester v. Orlyn C. LewisCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1974
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