AYERS v. WESTERN LINE CONSOL. SCH. DIST.

No. 75-3485.

555 F.2d 1309 (1977)

Henry B. AYERS et al., Plaintiffs, v. WESTERN LINE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellants, v. Ms. Bessie B. GIVHAN et al., Plaintiffs-Intervenors Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 18, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Robertshaw, Greenville, Miss., for Western, etc.

James L. Robertson, Greenville, Miss., for Washington, etc.

Fred Banks, Jr., Nausead Stewart, Phillip J. Brookins, Jackson, Miss, for plaintiffs-intervenors appellees.

Before GEWIN, RONEY and HILL, Circuit Judges.


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...

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