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AYERS v. WESTERN LINE CONSOL. SCHOOL DIST.

No. 81-4364.

691 F.2d 766 (1982)

Henry B. AYERS, et al., Plaintiffs, Bessie V. Givhan, et al., Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellees, v. WESTERN LINE CONSOLIDATED SCHOOL DISTRICT, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 15, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Robertshaw, Greenville, Miss., for defendant-appellant.

Fred L. Banks, Jr., Jackson, Miss., David M. Silberman, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs-intervenors-appellees.

Before GARZA, TATE and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.

TATE, Circuit Judge:

The defendant school district ("Western Line") appeals from a judgment of the district court ordering the reinstatement of the intervenor Givhan as teacher and awarding her back pay and attorney's fees. The district court did so upon its holding that but for Ms. Givhan's exercise of her First Amendment rights she would have been rehired for the 1971-72 school year. The district court made this determination, pursuant to a remand for this purpose...

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