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ROPER v. EFFINGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION

No. 75-2890 Summary Calendar.

528 F.2d 1024 (1976)

Napoleon ROPER, by his father and next friend James E. Roper, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. EFFINGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION et al., etc., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 19, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bobby L. Hill, Savannah, Ga., Jack Greenberg, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellants.

A. Pratt Adams, Jr., Richard J. Harris, Savannah, Ga., M. C. Mangham, Jr., U. S. Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare, Atlanta, Ga., for defendants-appellees.

Before BROWN, Chief Judge, GODBOLD and GEE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

This dispute grows out of a school case brought in 1969 which resulted in the desegregation of the Effingham County School District. As a result of the Court approved plan, George Hunter, formerly principal of an all black elementary school, became assistant principal of the integrated Effingham County High School. Hunter filed the present action in 1974 claiming racial discrimination in the failure of the School Board to promote him to the office of principal...

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