Legal Opinion
Kathy Sue Johnson, Cross-Appellees v. Board of Education of the City of Chicago, Cross-Appellants
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 24, 1981No. 81-1965, 81-2001PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PELL, Circuit Judge.
The present appeals arise from a determination by the district court that the controversy in these cases had not become moot by virtue of a consent decree between the United States Department of Justice and the Chicago Board of Education (the “Board”) in other litigation.1 These cases challenge the constitutionality of student assignment plans based on racial quotas which were originally adopted and implemented by the Board in 1976 for Gage Park and Morgan Park High Schools. The gravamen of the complaint is that the Board’s voluntary racial quotas on enrollment have the…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. W. T. Grant Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1953
- County of Los Angeles v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Fullilove v. KlutznickSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Giordano v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Gray v. Gulf Mobile & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Robert Tidwell v. Richard Schweiker, Etc., and Ivan Pavkovic, Etc., Robert Schreckenberg v. Richard S. Schweiker, Etc., and Ivan Pavkovic, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1982
- Johnson v. Board of Ed. of ChicagoSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Rybicki v. STATE BD. OF ELECTIONS OF STATE OF ILL.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1982
- United States v. Board of Educ. of City of ChicagoDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1984
- United States v. Bd. of Educ. of City of ChicagoDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1983
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