RAINEY v. JACKSON STATE COLLEGE

No. 72-1681.

481 F.2d 347 (1973)

Kenneth T. RAINEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. JACKSON STATE COLLEGE et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 27, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. Spencer Gilbert, III, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiff-appellant.

William A. Allain, Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., M. M. Roberts, Hattiesburg, Miss., Ed Davis Noble, Jr., Jackson, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Before BELL and THORNBERRY, Circuit Judges and GROOMS, District Judge.


BELL, Circuit Judge:

The events giving rise to this appeal are unusual indeed. The Gordian-like knots are largely procedural.

The matter began as a suit under the civil rights jurisdiction of the district court, 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983, and 28 U.S.C. A. § 1343(3). Plaintiff alleged that his contract to teach at Jackson State College during the academic year 1970-71 had been breached by defendants1 in violation of his First...

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