STARLING v. BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR COUNTY OF MINGO

Civ. A. No. 927-H.

175 F.Supp. 703 (1959)

Anna STARLING, Plaintiff, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR COUNTY OF MINGO, a statutory corporation; W. T. Floyd, Jr., Superintendent of Schools, J. B. Pitcock, William M. Adair, Tom B. Varney, C. Fred Shewey, and O. B. Glenn, Defendants.

United States District Court S. D. West Virginia, at Huntington.

August 12, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willard L. Brown, Charleston, W. Va., and Brown H. Payne, Beckley, W. Va., for plaintiff.

Lant R. Slaven, Zane Grey Staker, Slaven & Staker, and Ersel L. Slater, Williamson, W. Va., for defendants.


HARRY E. WATKINS, District Judge.

Anna Starling, a Negro school teacher, has brought this action in behalf of herself and others similarly situated against the Board of Education and Superintendent of Schools of Mingo County, West Virginia. The case was tried without a jury upon the following issues: (1) Was the Board of Education contractually bound to employ plaintiff as a teacher for the school year 1957-58?, and (2...

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