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WYGANT v. JACKSON BD. OF EDUC., JACKSON, MICH.

No. 82-1746.

746 F.2d 1152 (1984)

Wendy WYGANT, Leonard Bluhm, Susan Lamm, John Krenkel, Florence Csage, Karen Smith, Susan Diebold, Deborah Brezezinski, Kathleen Crecine, Gordon Holton, Cheryl Zaski, Robert L. Staska, David P. Kiesel, Paula Janke, Martha Verhoeven, Perry Maynard, Mary O'Dell and Ruth Ann Anderson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. JACKSON BOARD OF EDUCATION, JACKSON, MICHIGAN, and Richard Surbrook, President and Don Penson, Robert Moles, Melvin Harris, Cecelia Fiery, Sadie Barham, and Robert F. Cole, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided October 25, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Rasmusson (argued), Joseph A. Warren, Lansing, Mich., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Jerome A. Susskind, Jackson, Mich., for defendants-appellees.

Before EDWARDS and WELLFORD, Circuit Judges, and PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.

GEORGE CLIFTON EDWARDS, Jr., Circuit Judge.

This is a school case tangentially involving segregation in public schools — this concerning a formula for layoff of teachers of minority races during economically required reductions in staff. The disputed formula is contained in the collective bargaining contract executed between the Jackson Teachers Association and the Board of Education of the City of Jackson, Michigan. It reads as follows:

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