Legal Opinion
NAACP v. City of Corinth
District Court, N.D. Mississippi
Decided May 3, 1979No. EC 76-245-KPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
KEADY, Chief Judge.
On December 21, 1976, the individual plaintiffs, Hazel Garner and Willie Pearl Beavers, together with the organizational plaintiff, Alcorn County Chapter of the NAACP, filed this class action alleging racial discrimination by the City of Corinth, Mississippi, its mayor and members of the board of aldermen in the hiring practices of the city’s fire, police and administrative departments, in violation of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983, and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. as amended. Jurisdiction is invoked under 28 U.S.C.…
2Cases cited38 opinions
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- Washington v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Sears, Roebuck & Co.District Court, M.D. Alabama · 1980
- Brown v. Housing Authority of Calvert CountyDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 2001
- Anderson v. Douglas & Lomason Co.District Court, N.D. Mississippi · 1988
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