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ROLFE v. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION OF LINCOLN COUNTY, TENN.

No. 17498.

391 F.2d 77 (1968)

Mrs. Elvira S. ROLFE and Mrs. Bernice L. Peebles, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION OF LINCOLN COUNTY TENNESSEE. etc., et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals Sixth Circuit.

February 19, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Stevens, Fayetteville, Tenn., (Stevens & Bagley, Fayetteville, Tenn., on the brief), for appellants.

Avon N. Williams, Jr., Nashville, Tenn. (Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit, III, Michael J. Henry, New York City, Z. Alexander Looby, Nashville, Tenn., on the brief), for appellees.

Before CELEBREZZE and COMBS, Circuit Judges, and CECIL, Senior Circuit Judge.

COMBS, Circuit Judge.

The Superintendent of Schools and the County Board of Education of Lincoln County, Tennessee, appeal from a judgment of the District Court holding that the discharge of two schoolteachers, appellees here, was discriminatory because it was based on consideration of race.

The judgment directs that the two teachers be reinstated; that they be compensated in damages; that the board of education establish objectives for the employment and...

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