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WILLIAMS v. DAY

No. 76-1359.

553 F.2d 1160 (1977)

Ellis Dwight WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. Mason DAY et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided April 21, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Cearley, Jr., Little Rock, Ark., for appellant; Eugene R. Warren, Little Rock, Ark., on brief.

Donn Mixon, Jonesboro, Ark., for appellees; Bill Penix, Jonesboro, Ark., and J. W. Steinsiek, Blytheville, Ark., on brief.

G. Ross Smith, Little Rock, Ark., for amicus curiae, Ark. School Boards Ass'n.

Before GIBSON, Chief Judge, BRIGHT, Circuit Judge, and HANSON, Chief District Judge.

HANSON, District Judge.

Appellant Ellis Dwight Williams commenced this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1970), seeking a declaratory judgment, injunctive relief, and damages based on the Blytheville, Arkansas School District's decision not to renew his employment as a non-tenured teacher and basketball coach for the 1973-1974 school term. Named as defendants in the lawsuit were the individual Blytheville School Board directors and the school district...

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