KINGSVILLE INDEPENDENT SCH. DIST. v. COOPER

No. 77-2995.

611 F.2d 1109 (1980)

KINGSVILLE INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, a Municipal Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, v. Janet COOPER, Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing April 21, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Scott T. Cook, Corpus Christi, Tex., for plaintiff-appellant, cross-appellee.

Robert M. Weinberg, Julia Penny Clark, Michael H. Gottesman, Washington, D. C., for defendant-appellee, cross-appellant.

Before THORNBERRY, GODBOLD and TATE, Circuit Judges.


GODBOLD, Circuit Judge:

Beginning in 1967, Janet Cooper was employed by the Kingsville [Texas] Independent School District as a high school teacher under a series of annual contracts and without tenure. In the spring of 1972 the District decided not to renew her contract for the 1972-73 academic year. The District initiated this suit, seeking a declaratory judgment that it had not violated Cooper's rights. Cooper counterclaimed for equitable

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