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JOHNSON v. CHAPEL HILL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DIST.

No. 87-2825.

853 F.2d 375 (1988)

Joyce JOHNSON and Robert Bandy, Administrators of the Estate of Leport Walton, Deceased, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CHAPEL HILL INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 30, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jack Jackson, Tyler, Tex., for Chapel Hill Independent School Dist.

Larry R. Daves, Tyler, Tex., for Johnson and Estate of Walton.

Before REAVLEY, GARWOOD and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

The district court, after a bench trial, found that defendants' decision not to renew the teaching contracts of two black school teachers was racially motivated. Defendants concede their liability to plaintiff Johnson and on appeal contest only the district court's calculation of her back pay award. Defendants challenge both liability and damages assessed against them in favor of plaintiff Walton. We affirm in part, reverse in part...

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