Legal Opinion
Joe Davis White v. Mississippi State Oil and Gas Board
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 29, 1981No. 79-3836PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
Clyde R. Davis is the supervisor and administrator of the Mississippi State Oil and Gas Board (“Board”), which was created by state law to oversee production of Mississippi’s oil and gas resources. Davis, with the Board’s concurrence, hired Joe Davis White for an Engineer II position in December of 1976, when White was 52 years old. In August of 1978, the Board formally voted to terminate White effective September 15; White was not provided a pretermination hearing. White sued the Board, its five individual members, and Davis, alleging that he had been terminated because of…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Perry v. SindermannSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Bishop v. WoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Kelly v. Mississippi Valley Gas Co.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1981
- Paul Randolph Liner, Cross v. J. B. Talley and Company, Inc., Cross North River Insurance Company and International Surplus Lines Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by29 opinions
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- 35 Fair empl.prac.cas. 697, 35 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 34,582 Henry Irby, Cross-Appellees v. Mike Sullivan, Jr., Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Robert Barnett, Cross-Appellant v. The Housing Authority of the City of Atlanta, Mrs. Dorothy L. Kelly, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Carolyn Conley v. Board of Trustees of Grenada County HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
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