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GRIFFEN v. BIG SPRING INDEP. SCHOOL DIST.

No. 80-2149.

706 F.2d 645 (1983)

James GRIFFEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BIG SPRING INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 9, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Gottesman, Bredhoff, Gottesman, Cohen & Weinberg, Mady Gilson, David Rubin, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellant.

Jones, Milstead, Jones & McKinney, Richard C. Milstead, Big Spring, Tex., Randal M. Patterson, Odessa, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before BROWN, GOLDBERG and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge:

This appeal from a summary judgment for the defendant in a civil rights case raises two procedural issues. Appellant Griffen was a teacher in the Big Spring Independent School District whose contract was not renewed. Griffen believed this nonrenewal was racially motivated and pursued administrative remedies in the state system. These remedies were ultimately unsuccessful and Griffen filed a civil rights action in federal court. On Big Spring...

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