Legal Opinion
United States v. Board of Educ. of City of Chicago
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided January 6, 1983No. 80 C 5124PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
SHADUR, District Judge.
This lawsuit began where most lawsuits end — with the entry of a decree. 1 Unfortunately this lawsuit should rather have both begun and ended many years before it was ultimately filed, for the major changes in the schools’ (and the City’s) racial makeup over more than a decade before 1980 have increased enormously the difficulties of developing an effective desegregation plan. 2 In the words of Robert Frost’s The Road Not Taken, “that has made all the difference.” It is against that backdrop — against today’s demography and problems — that…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Cooper v. AaronSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Milliken v. BradleySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Keyes v. School Dist. No. 1, DenverSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Monroe v. Board of Commissioners of JacksonSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Jenkins v. State of Mo.District Court, W.D. Missouri · 1986
- United States v. Board of Education of the City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Ahern v. Board Of Education Of The City Of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1998
- United States of America, Cross-Appellee v. Board of Education of the City of Chicago, Cross-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- United States v. Board of Educ. of City of ChicagoDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1984
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