Legal Opinion
Stokes v. Board of Educ. of the City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided March 19, 2010No. 09-1180PublishedCited by 224 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
On January 23, 2007, Principal Johnny Banks encountered what looked like a fight among several adult women in the office of his Chicago elementary school. At Principal Banks’ request, the police arrested four women. After criminal charges were dropped, two of the women sued Principal Banks and the Board of Education of the City of Chicago. Plaintiffs Nyokia and Carnelita Stokes are the mother and grandmother, respectively, of four children who attended the school at the time of the incident. The Stokes brought suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 alleging that Banks violated…
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