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ROGERS v. DESIDERIO

No. 95-1228.

58 F.3d 299 (1995)

John R. ROGERS, Joan Rogers, and Board of Education of Joliet Township High School District No. 204, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Frank W. DESIDERIO, Superintendent of the Will County Educational Service Region, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 20, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy J. Rathbun (argued), Gary S. Mueller, Christopher N. Wise, Frank S. Cservenyak, Jr., McKeown, Fitzgerald, Zollner, Buck, Hutchison & Ruttle, Joliet, IL, for plaintiffs-appellants.

David M. Shiffer, Office of the State's Atty., Joliet, IL, for defendants-appellees Frank M. Desiderio, Regional Bd. of School Trustees of Will County, Ill.

Stuart D. Gordon, Chicago, IL, for remaining defendants-appellees except Bd. of Educ. Lincoln-Way Community High School Dist. No. 210, County of Will, State of Ill.

Diane S. Cohen, Scariano, Kula, Ellch & Himes, Chicago, IL, Robert H. Ellch, John M. Izzo (argued), Sheila C. Riley, Scariano, Kula, Ellch & Himes, Chicago Heights, IL, for defendant-appellee Bd. Educ. Lincoln-Way Community High School Dist. No. 210, County of Will and State of Ill.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and FLAUM and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

This court deprecates the practice of filing two suits over one injury — often with an argument based on state law presented to a state court, and an argument arising under federal law presented to a federal court. Multiplication imposes needless costs on one's adversary, on the judicial system, and on other litigants, who must endure a longer queue. Plaintiffs hope that more suits will improve their chances: they seek the better...

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