McPherson v. SCHOOL DIST. NO. 186, SPRINGFIELD ILL.

ACKERMAN, District Judge.

SUMMARY

As indicated by the title, the following is a summary of the Court’s opinion for purposes of clarification. For specific and detailed information, of course, it will be necessary to refer to the opinion itself.

Springfield is a city of 92,000 population with 19,000 children in its schools. Of these 17.2% are minority children. Most of the minorities are blacks who live in a fairly compact area in the center of the city. The minority children attend elementary schools in their neighborhoods and those schools have predominately black enrollment.

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