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LEE v. MONROE COUNTY BD. OF ED.

No. 79-1981.

640 F.2d 755 (1981)

Anthony T. LEE et al., Plaintiffs, United States of America et al., Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellees, v. MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION et al., Defendants, Monroe County Board of Education, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B

March 27, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William C. Tidwell, III, Kathy M. Dunston, Mobile, Ala., for defendant-appellant.

Soloman S. Seay, Jr., Montgomery, Ala., for National Ed. Assoc. & Homer Williams.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, and TJOFLAT and VANCE, Circuit Judges.

GODBOLD, Chief Judge:

This ancient case involves a dispute between the school board of Monroe County, Alabama, and a black principal arising from the principal's termination on what the district court found to be racially discriminatory grounds. The district court awarded a substantial judgment for back pay, and the Board appeals. We affirm.

In August 1970 Williams' complaint against the Board was asserted by intervenor National Education Association in a...

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