U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1971

James v. West Virginia Board of Regents

U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · Decided October 15, 1971

448 F.2d 785 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Counsel

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. Hodg-son, Asst. Atty. Gen. on the brief), for West Virginia Board of Regents., Joseph M. Sanders, Bluefield, W. Va. (Sanders & Blue, Bluefield, W. Va., on 1 the brief), for Board of Education of Mercer County.

Cases that cite this one

3 later published cases cite this decision.

State Ex Rel. Melchiori v. Board of Education (W. Va. 1992)
BOARD OF TRUSTEES, ETC. v. Holso (Wyo. 1978)
United States Ex Rel. Means v. Solem (District Court, D. South Dakota 1978)

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Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM:

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.

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