RAINEY v. JACKSON STATE COLLEGE

No. 30558.

435 F.2d 1031 (1970)

Kenneth T. RAINEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JACKSON STATE COLLEGE et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 22, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Spencer Gilbert, III, Barry H. Powell, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiff-appellant; Wise, Carter & Child, Jackson, Miss., of counsel.

A. F. Summer, Atty. Gen., William A. Allain, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ed Davis Noble, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., M. M. Roberts, Hattiesburg, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Before RIVES and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges, and NICHOLS, Judge of Court of Claims.


SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:

We review on appeal the district court's order dismissing this action for lack of jurisdiction. We determine that jurisdiction was present and accordingly reverse and remand for further proceedings.

Dr. Kenneth Rainey, plaintiff-appellant, a Caucasian, was employed beginning in 1965 as a full-time teacher by Mississippi College, Clinton, Mississippi, a Southern Baptist Church supported denominational college. Dr. Rainey first taught...

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