Legal Opinion
Stella Horton v. Orange County Board of Education
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided September 6, 1972No. 71-1837PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Per curiam
Her employment as a teacher, the appellant Stella Horton complained to the District Court in a class action, was not renewed by the Orange County Board of Education in North Carolina for the session of 1969-70 in violation of the due process and equal protection clauses of the Fourteenth Amendment. Suing under the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983, she prayed reinstatement, with an injunction forbidding a repetition of such incidents. The Court declared the termination of employment by the Board was not unwarranted. In consequence reinstatement and damages were denied.
On her appeal we…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Johnson v. BranchCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
- Cook County College Teachers Union, Local 1600, American Federation of Teachers, Afl-Cio, a Voluntary Association v. Milton B. ByrdCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1972
- Horton v. Orange County Board of EducationDistrict Court, M.D. North Carolina · 1971
3Cited by37 opinions
- Carey v. PiphusSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Richard W. Hostrop v. Board of Junior College District No. 515, Counties of Cook and Will and Stateof Illinois, a Body Politic and CorporateCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
- Robert Lee Wilson v. Irvin T. Taylor, as Acting Chairman and Examiner, Civil Service BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Burt v. AbelCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1978
- Walter Clifton McNeill v. Earl L. Butz, Secretary of Agriculture, Delores S. Canady v. Earl L. Butz, Secretary of AgricultureCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1973
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