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MOORE v. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY

No. 87-4830.

871 F.2d 545 (1989)

Rachel MOORE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

May 1, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Willie J. Perkins, Sr., Greenwood, Miss., Leonard McClellan, Oxford, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Rickey T. Moore, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Gail W. Lowery, Jackson, Miss., John Hensen, Greenwood, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Before CLARK, Chief Judge, BROWN, and JOLLY, Circuit Judges.

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

Four former employees of Threadgill Day Care Center in Greenwood, Mississippi filed suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, against Mississippi State Valley University, the sponsor of the Center, and against the Center's Board of Directors. The employees alleged that they lost their jobs in violation of their First and Fourteenth Amendment rights and that the University and Board are not shielded by the Eleventh Amendment. We are not persuaded...

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