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BD. OF TRUST. OF JACKSON SCHOOL v. KNOX

No. 94-CA-00394-SCT.

688 So.2d 778 (1997)

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE JACKSON PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT v. Bishop Earl KNOX.

Supreme Court of Mississippi.

February 13, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Perry Sansing, James A. Keith, Adams & Reese, Ottowa E. Carter, Jr., Stamps & Stamps, Joanne Nelson, Jackson, for appellant.

Stephen M. Crampton, Tupelo, Nathan W. Kellum, Bourland Heflin Alvarez Holley & Minor, Memphis, for appellee.

Before PRATHER, P.J., and PITTMAN and McRAE, JJ.

PRATHER, Presiding Justice, for the Court:

I. INTRODUCTION

This Court is called upon in the present appeal to review the reversal by the Hinds County Chancery Court of the one-year suspension of Dr. Bishop Knox from his duties as principal of Wingfield High School by the Jackson School Board. The School Board suspended Dr. Knox in response to his actions in permitting the reading of prayers over the Wingfield High School intercom in spite of advice from...

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