Legal Opinion
United States of America, Cross-Appellee v. Board of Education of the City of Chicago, Cross-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 18, 1986No. 86-1159, 86-1160PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
For the third time in the nearly six years since its inception, the consent decree entered into by the Chicago Board of Education and the United States in order to settle a federal desegregation suit comes before this court fraught with problems of interpretation and implementation. The history of this decree is notable not for its success in raising an allegedly segregated school system to a constitutionally acceptable level, but for what it has illuminated about the character and limitations of the executive, municipal, and judicial institutions involved. The present…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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