Legal Opinion
Barbara Shegog v. Board of Education of the City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 18, 1999No. 99-1430PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Illinois revamped its School Code' in 1995, and some of the changes adversely affected existing teachers. A surprisingly large volume of litigation about these changes has landed in federal court, although the teachers’ principal objections concern the meaning of the state law. See, e.g., Hearne v. Chicago Board of Education, 185 F.3d 770 (7th Cir.1999); Pittman v. Chicago Board of Education, 64 F.3d 1098 (7th Cir.1995). Plaintiffs in our case, eight former teachers, contend that they were let go in violation of statutes establishing tenure. The School District…
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