Legal Opinion
Allen v. Alabama State Board of Education
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided February 25, 1986No. Civ. A. 81-697-NPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.
This class action lawsuit charges, among other things, that the State of Alabama’s teacher certification tests impermissibly discriminate against black persons seeking teacher certification. The plaintiffs and plaintiff-intervenors are four black teachers and a predominantly black state university. The plaintiff class, as certified by the court to be represented by three of the plaintiff black teachers, consists of all black persons who have been or will be denied any level teacher certification because they failed to pass the tests. The…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Pennhurst State School and Hospital v. HaldermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Edelman v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Atascadero State Hospital v. ScanlonSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Fitzpatrick v. BitzerSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Fidel B. Ibarra, Jr. v. Texas Employment Commission v. United States Department of Labor and United States Immigration and Naturalization ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Moore v. Beaufort CountyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1991
- Richardson v. Lamar County Board of EducationDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1989
- Richardson v. Alabama State Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
- Moore v. Beaufort County, North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1991
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