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COATES v. ILLINOIS STATE BD. OF ED.

No. 76-1997.

559 F.2d 445 (1977)

Linda F. COATES et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. ILLINOIS STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 20, 1977.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied August 1, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aldus S. Mitchell, Sophia H. Hall, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen., Mary F. Stafford, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., William McD. Frederick, Julian E. Cannell, Peoria, Ill., James R. Schirott, Park Ridge, Ill., Richard T. Buck, Joliet, Ill., George B. Collins, Chicago, Ill., Nicholas E. Sakellariou, Joliet, Ill., Dale F. Conde, Rockford, Ill., Michael M. Mihm, State's Atty., Peoria, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS, PELL and TONE, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied August 1, 1977.

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 Superintendent of Education, individual...

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