BECTON, Judge.
I
The facts are undisputed. In December 1977, the individual plaintiffs, J. E. Martin and Paul G. Heaton, as superintendent and principal, respectively, in the Stanly County School System, were sued in federal court by Michael Smith, a teacher, who alleged that his teaching contract had not been renewed because of his exercise of First Amendment rights.
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