Legal Opinion
Ayers v. Western Line Consolidated School District
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 18, 1977No. 75-3485PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEWIN, Circuit Judge.
Mary Butler, Bessie Givhan, and Dolleye Hodges filed suit in district court on their own behalf and on behalf of three classes of black teachers and employees who were discharged or not rehired by the Board of Education of the Western Line Consolidated School District (“school district”), allegedly in violation of the First and Fourteenth Amendments and in violation of the district court order issued pursuant to Singleton v. Jackson Municipal Separate School District, 419 F.2d 1211 (5th Cir. 1969) (en banc), rev’d and remanded sub nom. Carter v. West Feliciana Parish…
2Cases cited70 opinions
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- Grayned v. City of RockfordSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by26 opinions
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