Legal Opinion
Elvert Chisley v. Richland Parish School Board
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 27, 1971No. 71-1788PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Per curiam
Elvert Chisley, a tenured black public school teacher, has taught in the Rich-land Parish, Louisiana, school system as a high school instructor for fourteen years. Chisley’s first thirteen years were served as an instructor in an all-black school. As a result of court-ordered faculty integration, he taught in an integrated, formerly all-white school during the 1969-70 school year. At the end of that school term, he was advised that his contract was to be terminated.
Following a tenure hearing on July 17, 1970, before the Richland Parish School Board, the dismissal order was reaffirmed and…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- McNeese v. Board of Education for Community Unit School District 187 CahokiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Damico v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Houghton v. ShaferSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Claudine Hall v. Sylvia GarsonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by13 opinions
- United States v. Eddie Leroy AndersonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1975
- Hayes v. Cape Henlopen School DistrictDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1972
- Isiah Hadnott v. Melvin R. Laird, Individually and in His Capacity as Secretary of Defense of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1972
- Ollie Cornist v. Richland Parish School Board, Elvert Chisley v. Richland Parish School BoardCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Eberhardt v. LevasseurLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1993
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