Linda F. Coates v. Illinois State Board of Education

U.S. Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit · Decided 1977-08-01

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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 Superintenden…

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