Legal Opinion
Auguster v. Vermilion Parish School Board
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 3, 2001No. 00-30736PublishedCited by 171 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Carol Auguster appeals a summary judgment in favor of the Vermilion Parish School Board in his suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and title VII, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. Seeing no error, we affirm.
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After teaching and coaching football for many years, Auguster, a black male, was hired to teach sixth grade at J.H. Williams Middle School for the 1997-98 year. Pursuant to his contract, the district reserved the right to remove him for cause in accordance with the state’s tenure laws. 1 Auguster alleges that the superintendent, Dan Dartez, told him when he was hired of “a…
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