HOLMES v. JONES

No. 83-4538.

738 F.2d 711 (1984)

Arthur HOLMES, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Calvin J. JONES, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 20, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walls, Buck & Irving, Ltd., Tyree Irving, Greenville, Miss., for plaintiff-appellant.

Holcomb, Dunbar, Connell, Tollison, Khayat, Chaffin & Willard, Jane M. Wilbourn, Clarksdale, Miss., for Downing, Shaw, Fidelity and Shaw-Shelby.

Jacobs, Griffith, Pearson, Eddins & Povall, L. Ellis Griffith, Benjamin E. Griffith, Cleveland, Miss., for Mason and Western Sur. Co.

Jacobs, Griffith, Pearson, Eddins & Povall, John Kirkham Povall, Cleveland, Miss., for Jones, Conwell, Moore, Bedford, Spears & Wilson.

Levingston & Jacks, Gerald H. Jacks, Jeffrey A. Levingston, Cleveland, Miss., for Barfirld.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, JOLLY and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.


W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff, a former public elementary school principal, seeks damages under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against Calvin Jones, the superintendent of the school district by which Holmes was employed, and several other defendants.1 Plaintiff alleges that the defendants conspired to violate his First Amendment rights by preventing his re-employment as an elementary school principal in retaliation for his opposition...

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