Legal Opinion
Jinks v. Mays
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided September 28, 1971No. Civ. A. 13977PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
EDENFIELD, District Judge.
Sometime in the Spring of 1970 Mrs. Barbara Jinks was re-elected by the Atlanta Board of Education as a “probationary” teacher for the 1970-71 school year. She was offered a contract which she accepted May 28, 1970. On July 24, 1970 counsel for Mrs. Jinks wrote to the principal of the school in which she had been teaching to inform him that Mrs. Jinks was pregnant and was looking forward to rejoining the school faculty after the birth of her child in October. Four days later Dr. John W. Letson, Superintendent of the Atlanta Public Schools, informed counsel for…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Flast v. CohenSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Rinaldi v. YeagerSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Levy v. Louisiana Ex Rel. Charity HospitalSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Long v. WellsSupreme Court of Georgia · 1938
3Cited by5 opinions
- Barbara JINKS, for Herself and for All Others Similarly Situated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Dr. Benjamin E. MAYS Et Al., Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Williams v. San Francisco Unified School DistrictDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1972
- Heath v. Westerville Board of EducationDistrict Court, S.D. Ohio · 1972
- Jinks v. MaysDistrict Court, N.D. Georgia · 1972
- Seaman v. Spring Lake Park Independent School District No. 16District Court, D. Minnesota · 1974