JOHNSON v. NETTERVILLE

No. 73-2176.

488 F.2d 394 (1974)

Dr. Joseph JOHNSON and George Baker, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Dr. G. Leon NETTERVILLE, Jr., etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 27, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Murphy W. Bell, Baton Rouge, La., Arthur G. Thompson, Shreveport, La., John W. Walker, Little Rock, Ark., Michael H. Gottesman, Dennis D. Clark, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs-appellants.

J. Reginald Coco, Jr., Sp. Counsel, State of La., William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., Louis M. Jones, Asst. Atty. Gen. of La., New Orleans, La., Henry Julien, Jr., Sp. Counsel to Atty. Gen., Baton Rouge, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge, and GODBOLD and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 27, 1974.

PER CURIAM:

Appellants, nontenured faculty members employed under one year contracts by Southern University, a Louisiana State School, were summarily discharged1 pursuant to LSA-R.S. 17:3101-31092 in the midst of campus disruptions in the fall of 1972.

On advice of counsel, rather than taking...

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