BRANTLEY v. SURLES

No. 85-4073 Summary Calendar.

765 F.2d 478 (1985)

Mrs. Tobie BRANTLEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. M.F. SURLES, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 15, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles L. Lewis, Jr., Louisville, Miss., for plaintiff-appellant.

John L. Low, IV, Jackson, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, TATE, and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM:

Mrs. Tobie Brantley appeals the district court's finding that she was fired from her job as a public school cafeteria manager for legitimate, nondiscriminatory reasons. We reverse.

Mrs. Brantley was a white cafeteria manager at Kilmichael Elementary, a predominantly black public school in Montgomery County, Mississippi. She was fired in 1976 after her son transferred from the local public high school to a private, segregated academy. Initially...

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