Legal Opinion
Lee v. Conecuh County Board of Education
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 22, 1981No. 79-1442PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VANCE, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff Samuel T. Gantt brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action as an intervenor in the school desegregation litigation in Conecuh County, Alabama. He alleges that defendants Conecuh County Board of Education, its members, and the Superintendent of Schools violated his constitutional rights by repeatedly failing to promote him to a principalship because of his race. The trial court found that defendants successfully rebutted the prima facie case of intentional racial discrimination established by Gantt. Because we find that its holding is clearly erroneous, we reverse.
Gantt…
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