LOPEZ v. ARANSAS CTY. INDEPENDENT SCH. DIST.

No. 77-2531 Summary Calendar.

570 F.2d 541 (1978)

Jose L. LOPEZ et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ARANSAS COUNTY INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied May 10, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dorothy Flores, Joaquin G. Avila, Patricia Vasquez, Mex. Amer. Legal Defense & Educ. Fund, San Antonio, Tex., Morris Baller, Vilma S. Martinez, Joel G. Contreras, Mex. Amer. Legal Defense & Educ. Fund, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Gary Norton, Corpus Christi, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before RONEY, GEE and FAY, Circuit Judges.


RONEY, Circuit Judge:

This race discrimination suit grew out of defendant school district's refusal to hire plaintiff Jose L. Lopez as a counselor in May 1973. Plaintiffs sought declaratory, injunctive, and monetary relief to correct certain hiring policies alleged to discriminate against Mexican Americans and Blacks. The trial court dismissed plaintiffs' Title VII claims for failure to comply with the deferral provisions of 42 U.S.C.A. § 2000e-5(c) and later...

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