YANCY v. McDEVITT

No. 85-2365.

802 F.2d 1025 (1986)

S. Edward YANCY, Jr., Appellant, v. Leon P. McDEVITT; Tighe L. and Denise Hollowell; Robert and Irene Wegehoft; Richard G. and Diana Heller; Michael D. and Diana Hennley; Ronald V. and Charlotte Jasper; Glen H. and Kathy Levetzow; Sharon Lopshire; Dallas L. and Nancy McWilliams; Merle D. and Patricia Vastine; Jerry L. and Yvonne Zier, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided October 2, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kent A. Simmons, Davenport, Iowa, for appellant.

Rand S. Wonio, Davenport, Iowa, for appellees.

Before JOHN R. GIBSON and MAGILL, Circuit Judges, and REGAN, Senior District Judge.


JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

S. Edward Yancy, Jr., appeals from the district court's1 order granting summary judgment against him on his racial discrimination claims brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and § 1983 and the thirteenth amendment. Yancy was discharged from his teaching position in the Davenport, Iowa, elementary school. A hearing before the school board resulted in a determination that racial prejudice or discrimination...

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