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HARKLESS v. SWEENY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

No. 28188.

427 F.2d 319 (1970)

Mildred HARKLESS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The SWEENY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 2, 1970.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Conrad K. Harper, Jack Greenberg, James M. Nabrit, III, William Bennett Turner, W. Haywood Burns, New York City, Weldon H. Berry, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Grant Cook, Houston, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before JONES, BELL, and GODBOLD, Circuit Judges.

BELL, Circuit Judge:

This appeal involves an action brought by ten Negro teachers alleging that the failure of the school district to renew their teaching contracts when the school system was desegregated denied them rights secured by the Fourteenth Amendment. They seek reinstatement and back pay. Jurisdiction is premised on 28 U.S.C.A. § 1343(3) and 42 U.S.C. A. § 1983.1

The district court, after full jury trial, granted...

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