Legal Opinion
Hardy v. Porter
District Court, N.D. Mississippi
Decided December 16, 1977No. DC 74-103-KPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
KEADY, Chief Judge.
This suit was begun August 26, 1974, by Joseph Hardy, plaintiff, formerly employed as assistant principal of the Clarksdale High School, against the superintendent and members of the school board of the Clarksdale Municipal School District (Board), for an order directing that defendants employ him as high school principal for the school year 1974-75, and also for back pay for the two prior school years because of the Board’s constitutionally impermissible failure to appoint him to that position. Plaintiff brought his case on alternative grounds. First,…
2Cases cited16 opinions
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- Keyes v. School Dist. No. 1, DenverSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Alexander v. Holmes County Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Donald Price and Melvin E. Price, Minors v. The Denison Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Hardy v. PorterCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Jones v. BirdsongDistrict Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1980
- 26 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1260, 22 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 30,723 Joseph Hardy, Cross-Appellant v. Leon L. Porter, Jr., Individually, and as Members of Board of Trustees of Clarksdale Municipal Separate School District, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Donald Price and Melvin E. Price, Minors v. The Denison Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983