Edgar James, Appellant, v. West Virginia Board of Regents, a Statutory Corporation,successor to the West Virginia Board of Education,et al., Appellees, 448 F.2d 785 (4th Cir. 1971)

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US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit - 448 F.2d 785 (4th Cir. 1971) Argued Oct. 7, 1971. Decided Oct. 15, 1971

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.

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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