Legal Opinion
Thomas v. Troy City Board of Education
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided February 9, 2004No. Civil Action 03-T-316-NPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.
Plaintiff Willie C. Thomas filed this lawsuit claiming that he was not appointed to a position superintendent of Troy City Schools because he is African-American. 1 He rests his claim on Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (42 U.S.C.A. §§ 1981a, 2000d, 2000e through 2000e-17), the Civil Rights Act of 1866 (42 U.S.C.A. § 1981), and the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution (as enforced through 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983), and names as defendants the Troy City Board of Education and it members, in their…
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