FOSTER v. BD. OF SCH. COM'RS OF MOBILE CTY., ALA.

No. 88-7044.

872 F.2d 1563 (1989)

Edwin FOSTER, et al., Plaintiffs, George L. Langham, Gabe W. Wright and Charles Buskey, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BOARD OF SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS OF MOBILE COUNTY, ALABAMA, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 23, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph G. Pierce, Russell Jackson Drake, Drake, Knowles & Pierce, Tuscaloosa, Ala., Thomas H. Figures, Mobile, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Frank G. Taylor, Thomas R. McAlpine, Sintz, Campbell, Duke, Taylor & Cunningham, Mobile, Ala., for defendant-appellee.

Before JOHNSON, HATCHETT and COX, Circuit Judges.


JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

This appeal arises from the denial of relief to seventy-four members of a class of black school teachers in Mobile County, Alabama, who allege they were denied promotions to principal positions in the Mobile County school district on the basis of race in violation of 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 1982, 1983, and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C.A. § 2000e et seq. We affirm.

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