Legal Opinion
Patrick Quinn v. Board of Education of the City
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided April 10, 2018No. 17-1565PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Easterbrook, Circuit Judge.
Illinois law provides that the Mayor of Chicago appoints the City's Board of Education. 105 ILCS 5/34-3. Until 1995, when this law took effect, the Mayor needed the consent of the City Council; now the Mayor acts on his own. In this suit under § 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 52 U.S.C. § 10301 , plaintiffs (registered voters, some of whom are parents or grandparents of school-age children) contend that this system deprives black and Latino citizens of their right to vote. School boards elsewhere in Illinois are elected; plaintiffs say that failure to elect the school…
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