Case Name: Eugene Harry WARD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Harold C. KELLY, Superintendent of Education, et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1973-03-16
Citations: 476 F.2d 963
Docket Number: No. 72-2279
Parties: Eugene Harry WARD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Harold C. KELLY, Superintendent of Education, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 476
Pages: 963–964

Head Matter:
Eugene Harry WARD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Harold C. KELLY, Superintendent of Education, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 72-2279.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
March 16, 1973.
Nausead Stewart, Melvyn R. Leventhal, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiff-appellant.
T. H. Campbell, III, John C. Satterfield, Yazoo City, Miss., for defendantsappellees.
Before GEWIN, SIMPSON and RONEY, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
We affirm the District Court's determination that this is not a proper class action because the size of the class is demonstrably small. Each member of the alleged class could be joined in this litigation without undue burden on the plaintiff.
We reverse and remand on the issues concerning plaintiff's dismissal, demotion, and failure to be rehired by the school board. A hearing before the school board cannot be substituted as a trial of the issues before the District Court. This case is remanded to the District Court for further proceedings consistent with our opinion in Thompson et al. v. Madison County Board of Education et al., 476 F.2d 676 (5th Cir. 1973), a case in which the District Court followed essentially the same procedure which we find objectionable here.
Affirmed in part and reversed and remanded in part.