Legal Opinion
Russell v. Edgewood Independent School District
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided July 27, 1966No. 14497PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MURRAY, Chief Justice.
This suit was instituted by Miss Hattie Russell, a school teacher, against Edgewood Independent School District and its superintendent, Bennie F. Steinhauser, alleging that they had discharged her as a teacher in said School District because she was a member and officer of the Edgewood Federation of Teachers Local 1357. Suit was not filed until Feb. 3, 1961, and Miss Russell did not seek reinstatement, but sought actual damages, exemplary damages, and damages for mental anguish and humiliation.
The trial was to a jury and, based upon the jury’s answers to the special…
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