Legal Opinion
Billy C. Gosney and Mary Lynn Gosney v. Sonora Independent School District
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 28, 1979No. 77-1810PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
This section 1983 civil rights action 1 arose from the refusal of the Sonora Independent School District to renew teaching contracts of appellants Billy C. Gosney and his wife Mary Lynn Gosney. Billy C. Gosney was hired as a junior high school principal by the Sonora Independent School District in 1962. Mary Lynn Gosney was hired as an elementary school teacher in the same district in 1963. The Gosneys held their respective positions with untarnished records until 1974, when the school district’s board of trustees declined to renew their one-year contracts because it found…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by39 opinions
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- Eva Ciechon v. The City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
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- Leo G. Zeigler v. James Jackson, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Oklahoma Education Ass'n v. Alcoholic Beverage Laws Enforcement CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1989
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