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UNITED STATES v. GREENWOOD MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT

No. 29637.

454 F.2d 282 (1972)

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

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 12, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John McCreery, Alix Sanders, James Lewis, Greenwood, Miss., Jerris Leonard, Asst. Atty., Gen., Joseph B. Scott, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., H. M. Ray, U. S. Atty., David L. Norman, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., Brian K. Landsberg, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Hardy Lott, Greenwood, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and WISDOM, GEWIN, BELL, THORNBERRY, COLEMAN, GOLDBERG, AINSWORTH, GODBOLD, DYER, SIMPSON, MORGAN, CLARK, INGRAHAM and RONEY, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

A panel of this Court, one Judge dissenting, remanded this case with directions that the defendant school board be ordered to reinstate in teaching positions for the 1971-1972 school year the seven black teachers who were dismissed for their refusal to accept teaching positions in the black schools, United States v. Greenwood Municipal Separate School District, 5 Cir., 1971, 444 F.2d 544. The

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