Legal Opinion
Bassett v. Atlanta Independent School District
District Court, E.D. Texas
Decided August 22, 1972No. Civ. A. 1550PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
JUSTICE, District Judge.
When desegregation came to the Atlanta Independent School District in the fall of the 1970-71 school year, Houston Bassett, the black high school principal of the formerly all-black Booker T. Washington High School, was dismissed for failure to sign a contract that he claims forced him to accept reassignment to a position not equal in status or responsibility to that of principal. 0,f the five principals in charge of the six separate school facilities existing prior to elimination of the dual school system (one principal served two…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Singleton v. Jackson Municipal Separate School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- United States v. Jefferson County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Johnnie Ray Lee v. Southern Home Sites Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- 9 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1122, 7 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 9412 Derek Jerome Singleton v. Jackson Municipal Separate School District, No. 26285. Clarence Anthony v. Marshall County Board of Education, No. 28261. United States of America v. Charles F. Mathews, No. 28045. Linda Stout, by Her Father and Next Friend Blevin Stout, Plaintiffs- United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. Jefferson County Board of Education, Doris Elaine Brown, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. The Board of Education of the City of Bessemer, No. 28350. Birdie Mae Davis, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County, Twila Frazier, Defendants-Intervenor-Appellees. No. 28349. Robert Carter v. West Feliciana Parish School Board, Sharon Lynne George v. C. Walter Davis, President, East Feliciana Parish School Board, No. 28340. Irma J. Smith v. Concordia Parish School Board, No. 28342. Hemon Harris, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross v. St. John the Baptist Parish School Board, Defendants-Appellees-Cross No. 28361. Neely Bennett v. R. E. Evans, Allene Patricia Ann Bennett, a Minor, by R. B. Bennett, Her Father and Next Friend v. Burke County Board of Education, No. 28409. Shirley Bivins v. Bibb County Board of Education and Orphanage for Bibb County ., No. 28407. Oscar C. Thomie, Jr. v. Houston County Board of Education, No. 28408. Jean Carolyn Youngblood, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. The Board of Public Instruction of Bay County, Florida, Defendants- No. 27863. Lavon Wright v. The Board of Public Instruction of Alachua County, Florida, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- NAACP v. AllenDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1972
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Houston BASSETT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ATLANTA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT Et Al., Defendants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- United States v. Gadsden County School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Kiper v. Louisiana State Board of Elementary & Secondary EducationDistrict Court, M.D. Louisiana · 1984
- Pennsylvania v. Charleroi Area School DistrictDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1973
- 22 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1216, 12 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 11,213 United States of America, Robert Love, Plaintiffs-Intervenors v. Gadsden County School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
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