Legal Opinion
Roosevelt Fuller, by His Parents, Gretta Fuller and Roosevelt Harris v. Decatur Public School Board of Education School District 61
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 24, 2001No. 00-1233PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.
On September 17, 1999, a violent fight broke out in the bleachers at a high school football game in Decatur, Illinois, leaving spectators scrambling to escape the melee. The students involved in the fight were members of rival street gangs — the Vice Lords and the Gangster Disciples. 1 As so often happens these days, a bystander caught the fight on videotape. It showed participants punching and kicking each other without concern for the safety of others in the stands. Six students who attended three different high schools in the Decatur Public School District…
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