Legal Opinion

Mingo Clark v. Huntsville City Board of Education

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided October 17, 1983No. 82-7257PublishedCited by 63 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

VANCE, Circuit Judge:

This employment discrimination suit arose when Herman Todd was chosen over Mingo Clark as director of vocational education for the Huntsville school system. Clark, then employed by defendant board as an assistant high school principal, was one of eight applicants for the position. Clark is black. Half of the applicants were employees of the school board (insiders); half, including Todd, a white, were outsiders. Assistant superintendent Don Tubbs interviewed all eight, narrowed the finalists to plaintiff, Todd, and Patterson, and recommended that Patterson, a white…

2Cases cited13 opinions

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  2. Texas Department of Community Affairs v. BurdineSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  4. Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by63 opinions

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