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MOHLER v. STATE OF MISS.

No. 85-4480 Summary Calendar.

782 F.2d 1291 (1986)

Joseph M. MOHLER, Marie Schnoewitz, Pat Torjusen, Larry Strohn, Florence Stafford, Clayton Winters, Kevin Byrd and Karl Friedrich, for and on Behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated within the State of Mississippi, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, William Allain, Individually and as Governor of the State of Mississippi, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

February 18, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Oscar B. Ladner, Gulfport, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Edwin L. Pittman, Atty. Gen., Ed Davis Noble, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., Jackson, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, WILLIAMS and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Mississippi teachers brought this suit complaining that state officials failed to execute Mississippi's Education Reform Act of 1982 (hereinafter, the "Act"). The state legislature had announced, through Miss.Code Ann. § 37-1-2(p) (1985 cum.supp.), "[t]hat the teachers of this state, to the extent possible, receive salaries received by teachers in the Southeastern United States." In demonstrating this commitment, the legislature emphasized, through...

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