Legal Opinion
Whitfield v. Simpson
District Court, E.D. Illinois
Decided April 22, 1970No. Civ. 69-138PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JUERGENS, District Judge.
This suit is brought by plaintiffs to declare unconstitutional on its face and as applied and to enjoin the enforcement of Chapter 122, Section 10-22.6, Illinois Revised Statutes, and to order plaintiff Marquitta Whitfield reinstated as a student at Cairo High School. The suit is on plaintiff’s behalf and on behalf of all other students in Cairo High School who have allegedly been or will be denied their right to due process of law under the authority of the questioned section.
Plaintiff Marquitta Whitfield was in September, 1969, a 16-year old Negro girl and a student…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School DistrictSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- St. John Dixon v. Alabama State Board of EducationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Paul R. Soglin v. Joseph F. Kauffman, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1969
- Barker v. HardwayDistrict Court, S.D. West Virginia · 1968
- Griffin v. TatumDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1969
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Goss v. LopezSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Tyler Crews, B/n/f Borden Crews, His Father v. Eugene Cloncs, Individually and as Principal of North Central High SchoolCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1970
- Smith v. W. Va. State Board of EducationWest Virginia Supreme Court · 1982
- Jaksa v. Regents of University of MichiganDistrict Court, E.D. Michigan · 1984
- The Black Coalition, an Unincorporated Association, and Cross-Appellees v. Portland School District No. 1, and Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1973
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