Legal Opinion
Linda F. Coates v. Illinois State Board of Education
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 1, 1977No. 76-1997PublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.
On October 8, 1975, plaintiff school children and their parents filed this school desegregation action on behalf of the class of all black citizens who reside within the geographical boundaries of certain school districts in Rockford, Peroia and Joliet, Illinois. Named as~defendants were the" Illinois Office of Education, the Illinois State Superintendent of Education, individual members of the Illinois State Board of Education (the three groups collectively termed the “state defendants”), the various school districts, the Superintendent of these school districts, the…
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