Legal Opinion
Harkless v. Sweeny Independent Sch. Dist. of Sweeny, Tex.
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided June 6, 1969No. Civ. A. 66-G-34PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM .OPINION AND ORDER
NOEL, District Judge.
1.’ Preface
After its adoption of a plan of complete school desegregation in the spring of 1966, defendant Sweeny Independent School District ordered the number of its faculty reduced for the school year 1966-67. In effecting the reduction, seventeen Negro teachers were not offered reemployment. Twelve of these brought this action for injunctive relief and money damages, alleging violation of their civil rights.
Plaintiffs named as defendants the district as such, and the superintendent of schools and the members of the district’s school board,…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Bell v. HoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Screws v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
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3Cited by23 opinions
- 2 Fair empl.prac.cas. 926, 2 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 10,235 Mildred Harkless v. The Sweeny Independent School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Gay Students Organization of the University of New Hampshire v. Thomas N. Bonner, Individually and as President of the University of New Hampshire, Gay Students Organization of the University of New Hampshire v. Meldrim Thomson, Jr.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1974
- Penn v. StumpfDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1970
- Veres v. County of MonroeDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1973
- Bonner v. Texas City Independent School Dist. of TexasDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1969
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