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PICKUS v. BOARD OF EDUCATION, CITY OF CHICAGO

Nos. 34124, 34125, Cons.

9 Ill.2d 599 (1956)

138 N.E.2d 532

SARA PICKUS et al., Appellants, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO et al., Appellees. — SHIRLEY LENS, Appellant, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 27, 1956.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ANTONOW & WEISSBOURD, and F. RAYMOND MARKS, JR., both of Chicago, (JOSEPH P. ANTONOW, BERNARD WEISSBOURD, and DAVID J. LESTER, of counsel,) for appellants.

FRANK R. SCHNEBERGER, of Chicago, (FRANK S. RIGHEIMER, JAMES W. COFFEY, and JOHN T. MEHIGAN, of counsel,) for appellees.

ALEX ELSON, of Chicago, (WILLARD J. LASSERS, and AARON S. WOLFF, both of Chicago, and DUANE, MORRIS & HECKSCHER, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, of counsel,) for The American Friends Service Committee, Inc., amicus curiae, and JOHN LIGTENBERG, of Chicago, for Illinois State Federation of Teachers, amicus curiae.

Judgments affirmed.

Mr. CHIEF JUSTICE KLINGBIEL delivered the opinion of the court:

These appeals question the validity of section 30b of "An Act in relation to State finance," (Ill. Rev. Stat. 1955, chap. 127, par. 166b,) which withholds compensation from State employees who refuse to sign the loyalty affidavit therein set forth. Also presented is the question of its applicability to teachers in the public schools of Chicago.

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