BLANKS v. REGISTER

No. 73-1873.

493 F.2d 697 (1974)

Delilah B. BLANKS, Appellant, v. Wilbur REGISTER et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided March 26, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Norman B. Smith, Greensboro, N. C. (Smith, Carrington, Patterson, Follin & Curtis, Greensboro, N. C., on brief), for appellant.

David A. Nash, Wilmington, N. C. (William L. Hill, II, Hogue, Hill & Jones, Wilmington, N. C., on brief), for appellees.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and BOREMAN, Senior Circuit Judge, and WIDENER, Circuit Judge.


WIDENER, Circuit Judge:

This civil rights action was brought by Mrs. Delilah Blanks, a Negro female, who sought injunctive relief, including back pay, from the defendant members of the Bladen County, North Carolina Social Services Board. She alleged that the defendants violated 42 U.S.C. § 1981, § 1983, and § 2000e-2(a)(1) in failing to appoint her, on account of her race, as Director of Social Services. The defendants filed a verified motion to dismiss...

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