Legal Opinion
Elmon Mims v. Board of Education of the City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 24, 1975No. 74-1534PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TONE, Circuit Judge.
This case, on appeal for the second time, concerns the rights of female civil service employees to due process hearings prior to being laid off and presents the question of whether the layoffs were based upon sex in violation of the equal protection clause. The District Court, in oral findings of fact and conclusions of law, held for the defendants on both issues. We affirm the result.
Plaintiffs, five female employees of the Chicago Board of Education, brought this action under the fourteenth amendment of the Constitution and 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against the Chicago Board of…
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