Violet B. EDWARDS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. GLADEWATER INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Defendant-Appellant

In the case on appeal, the district court found that the defendant school district’s refusal to renew the plaintiff’s teaching contract constituted impermissible racial bias and an unlawful employment practice as defined by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act. The district court ordered that the plaintiff be reinstated to a position with at least as much responsibility as that which she held before the nonrenewal of her contract, and the court awarded her back-pay, reasonable attorneys’ fees, and costs. On this appeal, the defendant challenges the sufficiency of the evidence supporting the…