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MISSOURI NAT. EDUC. v. NEW MADRID COUNTY R-1

No. 85-1430.

810 F.2d 164 (1987)

MISSOURI NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, a Missouri Not for Profit Corporation and Jo Alexander, Lynn Byra Bahr, Jerry Bailey, Virginia Nace, Vicki T. Nelms, Sharon Porter, Arvil Skinner, Gail Schmelzer, Donald R. Stephens, Nancy Whatley, and Mary Jane Wilson, Appellants, v. NEW MADRID COUNTY R-1 ENLARGED SCHOOL DISTRICT, a Public Corporation, and Ray Melton, in His Official Capacity as Superintendent of the New Madrid County R-1 School District, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided January 22, 1987.

Rehearing Denied February 18, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce R. Lerner, Washington, D.C., for appellants.

Hal E. Hunter, Jr., New Madrid, Mo., for New Madrid County.

James E. Spain, Poplar Bluff, Mo., for Melton.

Before HEANEY, ARNOLD and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges.

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

The appellants, nine public school teachers, are members of the New Madrid National Education Association (New Madrid NEA) and the local chapter of the Missouri National Education Association (Missouri NEA). They brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that the appellees, New Madrid County R-1 Enlarged School District (School District) and Superintendent Ray Melton, denied renewal of teaching contracts of the nontenured appellants...

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