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Addie Moore v. The Board of Education of the Chidester School District No. 59, Chidester, Arkansas

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided September 13, 1971No. 20416_1PublishedCited by 49 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

The principal question in this appeal is whether the Board of Education of the Chidester School District has unlawfully discriminated against the plaintiff black teachers by failing to provide employment for them following the integration of the previously segregated school system.

Chidester School District has historically operated a dual school system with the black pupils attending Pleasant Hills School and the white pupils attending Chidester School. 1 In 1967-68 and 1968-69, the school district operated under a freedom of choice integration plan. Under this plan,…

2Cases cited11 opinions

  1. Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  2. Smith v. Board of Education of Morrilton School District No. 32Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
  3. 9 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1122, 7 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 9412 Derek Jerome Singleton v. Jackson Municipal Separate School District, No. 26285. Clarence Anthony v. Marshall County Board of Education, No. 28261. United States of America v. Charles F. Mathews, No. 28045. Linda Stout, by Her Father and Next Friend Blevin Stout, Plaintiffs- United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. Jefferson County Board of Education, Doris Elaine Brown, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. The Board of Education of the City of Bessemer, No. 28350. Birdie Mae Davis, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County, Twila Frazier, Defendants-Intervenor-Appellees. No. 28349. Robert Carter v. West Feliciana Parish School Board, Sharon Lynne George v. C. Walter Davis, President, East Feliciana Parish School Board, No. 28340. Irma J. Smith v. Concordia Parish School Board, No. 28342. Hemon Harris, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross v. St. John the Baptist Parish School Board, Defendants-Appellees-Cross No. 28361. Neely Bennett v. R. E. Evans, Allene Patricia Ann Bennett, a Minor, by R. B. Bennett, Her Father and Next Friend v. Burke County Board of Education, No. 28409. Shirley Bivins v. Bibb County Board of Education and Orphanage for Bibb County ., No. 28407. Oscar C. Thomie, Jr. v. Houston County Board of Education, No. 28408. Jean Carolyn Youngblood, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. The Board of Public Instruction of Bay County, Florida, Defendants- No. 27863. Lavon Wright v. The Board of Public Instruction of Alachua County, Florida, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
  4. Chambers v. Hendersonville City Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
  5. Lela Mae Haney v. County Board of Education of Sevier CountyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1970

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3Cited by49 opinions

  1. United States v. N. L. Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1973
  2. Martha Lyons v. Board of Education of Charleston Reorganized School District No. 1 of Mississippi County, MissouriCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1975
  3. D. C. Williams Et Ux. v. The Matthews CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1974
  4. 17 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1790, 14 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 7811 Irma Clark v. Lon MannCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
  5. Williams v. AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977

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