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James v. West Virginia Board of Regents

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Oct 15, 1971
448 F.2d 785 (4th Cir. 1971)

Opinion

No. 71-1237.

Argued October 7, 1971.

Decided October 15, 1971.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia, at Bluefield, Sidney L. Christie, Judge.

Brown H. Payne, Beckley, W. Va., and C.C. Malone, Jr., Durham, N.C., for appellant.

Victor A. Barone, Asst. Atty. Gen. (Chauncey H. Browning, Jr., Atty. Gen. State of West Virginia, Cletus B. Hanley, Deputy Atty. Gen., and Joseph E. Hodgson, Asst. Atty. Gen. on the brief), for West Virginia Board of Regents.

Joseph M. Sanders, Bluefield, W. Va. (Sanders Blue, Bluefield, W. Va., on the brief), for Board of Education of Mercer County.

Before WINTER and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges, and DUPREE, District Judge.


Upon consideration of the briefs and oral argument, we conclude that the district judge's findings of fact are not clearly erroneous and that he applied correct principles of law to these facts. See James v. West Virginia Board of Regents, 322 F. Supp. 217 (S.D.W.Va. 1971).

The judgment is affirmed.


Summaries of

James v. West Virginia Board of Regents

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit
Oct 15, 1971
448 F.2d 785 (4th Cir. 1971)
Case details for

James v. West Virginia Board of Regents

Case Details

Full title:Edgar JAMES, Appellant, v. WEST VIRGINIA BOARD OF REGENTS, a statutory…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit

Date published: Oct 15, 1971

Citations

448 F.2d 785 (4th Cir. 1971)