Legal Opinion
Barbara S. Clanton v. Orleans Parish School Board
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 6, 1981No. 79-1300, 79-2126PublishedCited by 82 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
Seven black female New Orleans, Louisiana public school teachers (the teachers) brought this action against the Orleans Parish School Board (the Board), 1 contending that the Board’s maternity leave policy for the 1972-73 school year violated their Fourteenth Amendment rights to equal protection and due process and the Title VII (Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.) proscription of race and sex discrimination in employment. Five of the teachers prevailed in the district court on their § 1983 claims for backpay and attorneys’ fees. The liability…
2Cases cited54 opinions
- Monell v. New York City Dept. of Social Servs.Supreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Scheuer v. RhodesSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Imbler v. PachtmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Pierson v. RaySupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by82 opinions
- Busby v. City of OrlandoCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1991
- Grant v. Lone Star Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
- Perkins v. SilversteinCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1991
- Huckabay v. MooreCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
- 27 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1293, 27 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 32,338 Dorothy Allen, Cross-Appellees v. United States Steel Corp., Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
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