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PIERCE v. BOARD OF EDUCATION

No. 49222.

69 Ill.2d 89 (1977)

370 N.E.2d 535

KERRY PIERCE, a Minor, Appellee, v. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed November 30, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Glazer, Ltd., of Chicago (Frank Glazer and Harry Ray Chiles, Jr., of counsel), for appellant.

Smith & Munson, Ltd., of Chicago (James G. Meyer, of counsel), for appellee.

Kirkland & Ellis, of Chicago (Don H. Reuben, Cornelius J. Harrington, Jr., James A. Serritella, and James A. Klenk, of counsel), for amicus curiae the Catholic Bishop of Chicago.

Appellate court reversed; circuit court affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE RYAN delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiff, Kerry Pierce, a minor, by his mother and next friend, Carvenia Pierce, filed a complaint in the circuit court of Cook County against the defendant, the board of education of the city of Chicago (hereinafter the Board). The complaint charged that from 1971 to February of 1974 the plaintiff attended the F.W. Riley School in Chicago, and during...

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