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KNARR v. BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES OF GRIFFITH, INDIANA

No. 18829.

452 F.2d 649 (1972)

Thomas C. KNARR and the Griffith Federation of Teachers, Local 761 (AFLCIO) an unincorporated voluntary association of teachers, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The BOARD OF SCHOOL TRUSTEES OF GRIFFITH, INDIANA, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 19, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Saul I. Ruman, Hammond, Ind., for plaintiffs-appellants.

William J. Muha, Highland, Ind., Joel C. Levy, Hammond, Ind., for defendants-appellees.

Before DUFFY, Senior Circuit Judge, STEVENS and SPRECHER, Circuit Judges.

DUFFY, Senior Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Knarr, a former teacher in the Griffith, Indiana, High School, brought this suit under Title 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and Title 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201 and 2202. He contends that his teaching contract was not renewed because of his activities in and on behalf of the Griffith Federation of Teachers, an AFL-CIO affiliated union.

The District Court held that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction of the complaint of the...

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