Legal Opinion

Gertie Simmons and Thomas Baker v. Camden County Board of Education

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided April 15, 1985No. 84-8309PublishedCited by 130 opinions

1Per curiam

The plaintiffs are former teachers at Camden County High School who were suspended from their positions on February 11, 1977, and subsequently discharged for cause. In the summer of 1976, both had filed charges of racial discrimination against the school district with the Office of Civil Rights of the then Department of Health, Education and Welfare (“HEW”). Following a timely complaint to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (“EEOC”), the plaintiffs filed this suit alleging that they were discharged in retaliation for the filing of the discrimination complaints with HEW, in violation…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. Texas Department of Community Affairs v. BurdineSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. Pullman-Standard v. SwintSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. Nora C. BELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BIRMINGHAM LINEN SERVICE, Etc., Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
  5. Paul L. WHATLEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. METROPOLITAN ATLANTA RAPID TRANSIT AUTHORITY, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980

3Cited by130 opinions

  1. John M. HAIRSTON, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. the GAINESVILLE SUN PUBLISHING CO., Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
  2. Fayette Long Jeanell Reavis v. Eastfield CollegeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
  3. Goldsmith v. Bagby Elevator Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2008
  4. Alfred L. Stone v. City of Indianapolis Public Utilities DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2002
  5. Jessica Lind Meeks v. Computer Associates International, a Foreign CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994

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