ALEXANDER v. WARREN, ARKANSAS, SCHOOL DIST. NO. 1 BOARD

No. 72-1060.

464 F.2d 471 (1972)

Mrs. Travistine ALEXANDER, Appellant, v. The WARREN, ARKANSAS, SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 1 BOARD, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided July 24, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James I. Meyerson, NAACP, New York City, George Howard, Jr., Pine Bluff, Ark., Nathaniel R. Jones, NAACP, New York City, for appellant.

H. Murray Claycomb, Warren, Ark., for appellees.

Before ROSS and STEPHENSON, Circuit Judges, and DAVIES, District Judge.


ROSS, Circuit Judge.

Mrs. Travistine Alexander, a black elementary school teacher in the Warren, Arkansas School District, appeals from the trial court's dismissal of her action alleging that the school board discriminated against her on racial grounds when it did not renew her teaching contract for the 1970-71 academic year. Mrs. Alexander claimed the school board's refusal to rehire her was arbitrary, irrational, and racially...

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