Legal Opinion
McCormick v. Attala County Board of Education
District Court, N.D. Mississippi
Decided January 16, 1976No. EC7494-KPublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
KEADY, Chief Judge.
This is an employment discrimination action brought by Mrs. Earlean McCormick, a displaced black schoolteacher, against the members of the Attala County, Mississippi, Board of Education, J. C. Foster, County Superintendent of Education, and Aaron Tolleson, Principal of McAdams Attendance Center. In this § 1983 action plaintiff claims violation of her First and Fourteenth Amendment rights in defendants’ refusal to rehire her as a secondary school social studies teacher for the 1973-74 school term. Our jurisdiction is based upon 28 U.S.C. § 1343.
Plaintiff’s…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Keyes v. School Dist. No. 1, DenverSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- William C. Ferguson v. Alvin I. ThomasCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- 9 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1122, 7 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 9412 Derek Jerome Singleton v. Jackson Municipal Separate School District, No. 26285. Clarence Anthony v. Marshall County Board of Education, No. 28261. United States of America v. Charles F. Mathews, No. 28045. Linda Stout, by Her Father and Next Friend Blevin Stout, Plaintiffs- United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. Jefferson County Board of Education, Doris Elaine Brown, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. The Board of Education of the City of Bessemer, No. 28350. Birdie Mae Davis, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County, Twila Frazier, Defendants-Intervenor-Appellees. No. 28349. Robert Carter v. West Feliciana Parish School Board, Sharon Lynne George v. C. Walter Davis, President, East Feliciana Parish School Board, No. 28340. Irma J. Smith v. Concordia Parish School Board, No. 28342. Hemon Harris, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross v. St. John the Baptist Parish School Board, Defendants-Appellees-Cross No. 28361. Neely Bennett v. R. E. Evans, Allene Patricia Ann Bennett, a Minor, by R. B. Bennett, Her Father and Next Friend v. Burke County Board of Education, No. 28409. Shirley Bivins v. Bibb County Board of Education and Orphanage for Bibb County ., No. 28407. Oscar C. Thomie, Jr. v. Houston County Board of Education, No. 28408. Jean Carolyn Youngblood, United States of America, Plaintiff-Intervenor v. The Board of Public Instruction of Bay County, Florida, Defendants- No. 27863. Lavon Wright v. The Board of Public Instruction of Alachua County, Florida, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- Elizabeth Anna Duke v. North Texas State UniversityCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
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3Cited by14 opinions
- Laura Jepsen v. Florida Board of RegentsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- CALHOUN CTY. BD. OF ED. v. HamblinMississippi Supreme Court · 1978
- McCormick v. Attala County Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Ether L. Barnes v. Jones County School DistrictCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- Jackson v. HAZLEHURST MUN. SEPARATE SCH. DIST.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1983
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