SIMCOX v. BOARD OF ED. OF LOCKPORT TP., WILL CO., ILL.

No. 18565.

443 F.2d 40 (1971)

Daniel SIMCOX, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF LOCK-PORT TOWNSHIP HIGH SCHOOL, DISTRICT NO. 205, WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

May 12, 1971.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew J. Leahy, Chicago, Ill., Ligtenberg, DeJong & Leahy, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Michael D. Block, Joliet, Ill., Cirricione & Myszkowski, Joliet, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before KILEY and CUMMINGS, Circuit Judges, and MORGAN, District Judge.


ROBERT D. MORGAN, District Judge.

This cause arose upon a complaint filed under the provisions of Section 1 of the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S. C. 1983. The complaint alleged that plaintiff's constitutional rights had been violated by the action of the defendant, Board of Education, denying him a teaching contract for the 1969-70 school year.

A trial of the cause ended with a judgment adverse to plaintiff, based upon the trial court's findings that the...

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