Lindsey v. Board of Educ. of City of Chicago

PRESIDING JUSTICE FITZGERALD SMITH

delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal involves the review of an administrative decision. In May 2002, after plaintiffs Rachelle Lindsey and Gerald Ross lost an election for positions on the Local School Council of a Chicago public school, they challenged the election results. A public hearing on the challenge was held by the defendant Board of Education of the City of Chicago (Board), but the election results were upheld and plaintiffs’ bid for a new election was denied. Plaintiffs filed a petition for a writ of certiorari in the circuit court of…