JACKSON v. WHEATLEY SCH. DIST. NO. 28 OF ST. FRANCIS CO., ARK.

No. 19952.

430 F.2d 1359 (1970)

L. R. JACKSON et al., Appellants, v. WHEATLEY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 28 OF ST. FRANCIS COUNTY, ARKANSAS, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

August 11, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Conrad K. Harper, New York City, for appellants; Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit, III, and Norman C. Amaker, New York City, and John W. Walker, Little Rock, Ark., and George Howard, Jr., Pine Bluff, Ark., on the briefs.

E. J. Butler, Butler & Hicky, Forrest City, Ark., for appellees.

Before VAN OOSTERHOUT, MEHAFFY and LAY, Circuit Judges.


VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judge.

This is a timely appeal by plaintiffs from final judgment dismissing their complaint against the defendants Wheatley School District No. 28, Superintendent Kennedy, and the individual members of the School Board. Plaintiffs L. R. Jackson, Mrs. Mittie Jackson, Mrs. Malissa A. Meeks and Marvin E. Coleman were Negro teachers in the all-Negro Wheatley school (Central) operated by the defendant school district during 1967 and 1968 and prior...

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