1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 546 F.2d
  5. 546 F.2d 1165 (1977)
 

HARDY v. PORTER

No. 76-1434.

546 F.2d 1165 (1977)

Joseph HARDY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Leon L. PORTER, Jr., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 18, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred L. Banks, Jr., Jackson, Miss., Phillip J. Brookins, New York City, Nausead Stewart, Jackson, Miss., Melvyn R. Leventhal, Jack Greenberg, New York City, for plaintiff-appellant.

Semmes Luckett, Clarksdale, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Before COLEMAN, GODBOLD and HILL, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 18, 1977.

GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

This appeal presents a problem in the adjustment of the rights of a school board and one of its former employees, a black school principal allegedly demoted as a result of court-ordered integration.

Prior to the 1970-1971 school year, plaintiff-appellant Joseph Hardy was employed by the Clarksdale (Mississippi) Municipal Separate School District as principal of an all-black...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases