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ANDREWS v. DREW MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT

No. 73-3177.

507 F.2d 611 (1975)

Katie Mae ANDREWS and Lestine Rogers, Plaintiffs-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, v. The DREW MUNICIPAL SEPARATE SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 3, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles Victor McTeer, Greenville, Miss., Johnnie E. Walls, Jr., Willie L. Bailey, Greenwood, Miss., Lewis Myers, Jr., Oxford, Miss., Catherine P. Mitchell, Mound Bayou, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants-cross-appellees.

Nancy Stearns, New York City, for Center for Constitutional Rights, amicus curiae.

A. F. Summer, Atty. Gen., Wm. A. Allain, 1st Asst. Atty. Gen., Heber Ladner, Jr., Jackson, Miss., Champ T. Terney, Jr., Indianola, Miss., for defendants-appellees-cross-appellants.

Linda Colvard Dorian, Wm. A. Carey, Gen. Counsel, Julia P. Cooper, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Washington, D. C., for Equal Employ.

Before BELL, SIMPSON and INGRAHAM, Circuit Judges.

SIMPSON, Circuit Judge:

This suit attacking the validity of the Drew Municipal School District's rule against employing parents of illegitimate children was initiated by two such parents, both mothers, against whom the rule militated. Named as defendants were the Drew Municipal School District (the District), George Ferris Pettey, its Superintendent, and the individual members of the District's Board of Trustees (the Board).

The complaint sought declaratory...

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