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HARKLESS v. SWEENY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

Civ. A. No. 66-G-34.

278 F.Supp. 632 (1968)

Mildred HARKLESS et al., Plaintiffs, v. The SWEENY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. Texas, Galveston Division.

January 19, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weldon H. Berry, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs.

Grant Cook, of Reynolds, White, Allen & Cook, Houston, Tex., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

NOEL, District Judge.

Mildred Harkless and eleven other former teachers at the all negro George Washington Carver School, Sweeny, Texas, brought suit against the Sweeny Independent School District and the School Board pursuant to the provisions of Title 28, United States Code, Section 1343(3), alleging it to be a suit in equity authorized by Title 42, United States Code, Section 1983.

Plaintiff teachers allege in substance that...

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