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TYLER v. HOT SPRINGS SCHOOL DIST. NO. 6

No. 86-1905.

827 F.2d 1227 (1987)

Tyrone TYLER, Appellant, v. HOT SPRINGS SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 6; Dale Cook; Orville Poole and Doris Qualls, Individually and as Members of the Board of Directors of Hot Springs School District No. 6 and Delbert Garner, Individually and as Principal of Hot Springs School District No. 6, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 4, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John W. Walker, Little Rock, Ark., for appellant.

Dan F. Bufford, Little Rock, Ark., for appellees.

Before ROSS, Circuit Judge, FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

JOHN R. GIBSON, Circuit Judge.

Tyrone Tyler brought this action under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983 (1982), claiming that because he is black the Hot Springs School District No. 61 did not renew his employment contract as band director at one of the School District's junior high schools. He argues on appeal that the district court2 committed reversible error in giving improper jury instructions and in...

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