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Joseph HARDY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Leon L. PORTER, Jr., Et Al., Defendants-Appellees

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided March 18, 1977No. 76-1434PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

' This appeal presents a problem in the adjustment of the rights of a school board and one of its former employees, a black school principal allegedly demoted as a result of court-ordered integration.

Prior to the 1970-1971 school year, plaintiff-appellant Joseph Hardy was employed by the Clarksdale (Mississippi) Municipal Separate School District as principal of an all-black high school. A court-ordered reorganization of the district’s schools resulted in plaintiff’s displacement in 1971. He was offered and accepted a position as assistant principal at the newly…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Keyes v. School Dist. No. 1, DenverSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
  2. 9 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1122, 7 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 9412 Derek Jerome Singleton v. Jackson Municipal Separate School District, No. 26285. Clarence Anthony v. Marshall County Board of Education, No. 28261. United States of America v. Charles F. Mathews, No. 28045. Linda Stout, by Her Father and Next Friend Blevin Stout, Plaintiffs- United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. Jefferson County Board of Education, Doris Elaine Brown, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. The Board of Education of the City of Bessemer, No. 28350. Birdie Mae Davis, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County, Twila Frazier, Defendants-Intervenor-Appellees. No. 28349. Robert Carter v. West Feliciana Parish School Board, Sharon Lynne George v. C. Walter Davis, President, East Feliciana Parish School Board, No. 28340. Irma J. Smith v. Concordia Parish School Board, No. 28342. Hemon Harris, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross v. St. John the Baptist Parish School Board, Defendants-Appellees-Cross No. 28361. Neely Bennett v. R. E. Evans, Allene Patricia Ann Bennett, a Minor, by R. B. Bennett, Her Father and Next Friend v. Burke County Board of Education, No. 28409. Shirley Bivins v. Bibb County Board of Education and Orphanage for Bibb County ., No. 28407. Oscar C. Thomie, Jr. v. Houston County Board of Education, No. 28408. Jean Carolyn Youngblood, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. The Board of Public Instruction of Bay County, Florida, Defendants- No. 27863. Lavon Wright v. The Board of Public Instruction of Alachua County, Florida, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
  3. Lee v. Macon County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
  4. Baxter K. WILLIAMS Et Al., Appellees, v. the ALBEMARLE CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION, a Public Body Corporate, AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1974
  5. Houston BASSETT, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ATLANTA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT Et Al., Defendants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973

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3Cited by20 opinions

  1. 22 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1687, 19 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 9259 Joyce Marie Moore, Cross-Appellants v. Tangipahoa Parish School Board, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
  2. Ayers v. Western Line Consolidated School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
  3. Hardy v. PorterCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
  4. Joe L. Lujan v. Franklin County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1985
  5. Johnnie PEGUES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MOREHOUSE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD Et Al., Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980

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