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HARKLESS v. SWEENY IND. SCH. DIST. OF SWEENY, TEX.

No. 75-1533.

554 F.2d 1353 (1977)

Mildred HARKLESS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The SWEENY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT OF SWEENY, TEXAS, and Fred Miller, Superintendent, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied July 26, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Weldon S. Berry, Houston, Tex., Sandford D. Bishop, Jr., Columbus Ga., Jack Greenberg, James C. Gray, Jr., New York City, A. J. Cooper, Jr., Prichard, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Grant Cook, Houston, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before AINSWORTH and CLARK, Circuit Judges, and HUGHES, District Judge.

HUGHES, District Judge:

Plaintiffs in this action are ten1 black school teachers whose 1965-66 teaching contracts with the Sweeny Independent School District (S.I.S.D.) were not renewed for the 1966-67 school year. On May 23, 1966, they and two others who later withdrew from the suit filed an action against the S.I.S.D., its superintendent, and seven members of the school board. The superintendent and school board members were sued in...

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