Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Madison County Board of Education
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 13, 1973No. 72-1760PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DYER, Circuit Judge:
Sutton and Thomas had been employed as teachers in the Madison County, Mississippi, school district but were not offered new contracts of employment for the 1970-71 school term. In their complaint, they sought injunctive relief from the school board’s allegedly racially discriminatory refusal to rehire them as public school teachers. The district court found that the refusal of the Madison County Board of Education to rehire the two plaintiffs was based on “just and proper cause.” We reverse.
After the complaint was filed the district court ordered the Board to provide the…
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