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UNITED STATES v. COFFEEVILLE CONSOLIDATED SCH. DIST.

No. 74-1160.

513 F.2d 244 (1975)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. COFFEEVILLE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellants. Stephen BROWN et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. COFFEEVILLE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 10, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hardy Lott, Greenwood, Miss., for defendants-appellants.

James O. Ford, Tupelo, Miss., David Rubin, Washington, D. C., H. M. Ray, U. S. Atty., Will R. Ford, Asst. U. S. Atty., Oxford, Miss., Stuart F. Pierson, Ben Krage, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Stephen J. Pollak, Richard M. Sharp, William F. Sheehan, III, Washington, D. C., for U. S. A.

Before WISDOM, COLEMAN and SIMPSON, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 10, 1975.

COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.

The issue in this case is whether the Coffeeville Consolidated School District improperly failed to re-employ four black teachers, Alma Faye Chapman, Evelyn R. Miller, Robert Bennett, and James A. Lewis. The District Court entered judgment for the teachers and the School District has appealed.

The panel unanimously agrees that James A. Lewis should be reinstated and that...

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