BLUNT v. MARION COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD

No. 74-1279.

515 F.2d 951 (1975)

Hattie M. BLUNT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MARION COUNTY SCHOOL BOARD et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 14, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clyde Ellis, Gainesville, Fla., Kent Spriggs, Tallahassee, Fla., John F. Welch, Ocala, Fla., for plaintiff-appellant.

John P. McKeever, Ocala, Fla., for Marion County School Bd.

Herbert D. Sikes, Charles E. Miner, Jr., Tallahassee, Fla., for State Bd. of Education.

Clinton H. Coulter, Jr., Gen. Counsel, Dept. of State, Tallahassee, Fla., for Richard Stone.

Larry Levy, Gen. Counsel, Office of the Comptroller, Tallahassee, Fla., for Fred O. Kickinson, Jr.

Robert Shevin, Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, Fla.

Before RIVES, WISDOM and COLEMAN, Circuit Judges.


COLEMAN, Circuit Judge:

In May, 1969, on grounds of incompetency the school board of Marion County, Florida, terminated the employment contract of Mrs. Hattie M. Blunt, a black school teacher of some twenty-five years experience. Unsuccessful in an administrative appeal from the school board decision,1 Mrs. Blunt initiated this civil rights suit,2 challenging the constitutionality

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