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UNITED STATES v. GREENWOOD MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT

No. 29637.

444 F.2d 544 (1971)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, Lilly Russell et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GREENWOOD MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 2, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John McCreery, Alix Sanders, Greenwood, Miss., for Russell and others.

Jerris Leonard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Joseph B. Scott, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Washington, D. C., for the United States.

Hardy Lott, Greenwood, Miss., for defendant-appellee.

Before WISDOM, COLEMAN and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.

BY THE COURT:

The judgment of the district court is vacated,1 and the cause is remanded to the district court with directions that the defendant school board be ordered to reinstate in teaching positions for the 1971-72 school year the seven black teachers who were dismissed for their refusal to accept teaching positions in black schools, provided that the seven black teachers desire at this time...

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