Legal Opinion
Stevens v. Tillman
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided November 26, 1986No. 81 C 3588PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
ANN C. WILLIAMS, District Judge.
The plaintiff Dorothy A. Stevens (“plaintiff”), a white woman who formerly was an elementary-school principal in a primarily-black school, brought this action against certain black parents and alleged that the parents successfully sought to remove her from her position as principal solely because of her race. 1 After lengthy discovery, unsuccessful settlement attempts and many other delays, the case finally reached the trial stage before this court starting in September of 1986. After the plaintiff completed her case in chief, the…
2Cases cited34 opinions
- New York Times Co. v. SullivanSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Gertz v. Robert Welch, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Griffin v. BreckenridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Claiborne Hardware Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- McDonald v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Dorothy Stevens v. Dorothy Wright TillmanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1988
- Kahn v. BowerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1991
- Cromley v. Bd. of Educ. of LockportDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1988
- Fornshill v. RuddyDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1995
- Stofer v. First Nat. Bank of EffinghamAppellate Court of Illinois · 1991
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