Legal Opinion
Jesse Freeman v. The Gould Special School District of Lincoln County, Arkansas
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided January 15, 1969No. 19016PublishedCited by 121 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLOYD R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs, six Negro school teachers, with the support of the Arkansas Teachers Association, Inc., seek to compel the defendant Gould Special School District to renew their annual teaching contracts and in addition request damages and attorneys’ fees against all the defendants.1
In May 1967, the individual plaintiffs received notice from the defendant Gould Special School District that their teaching contracts would not be renewed for the 1967-1968 school term for teaching in the district’s all-Negro Field School. The notification was in accordance with…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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3Cited by121 opinions
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- Still v. LanceSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1971
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- Thomas Justin Orr v. Raymond E. TrinterCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1971
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