CHICAGO TCHRS. UNION v. JOHNSON

No. 79-1780.

639 F.2d 353 (1980)

CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION, etc. et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Donald JOHNSON, individually and as Director of Labor, State of Illinois, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 19, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Linda R. Hirshman, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Richard J. Puchalski, Chicago, Ill., Gail C. Ginsberg, Chief, Legal Support Section, United States EPA, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge, and SWYGERT and CUMMINGS, Circuit Judges.


FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs in this class action are Chicago public school teachers seeking federal unemployment benefits for a three week layoff in June 1976. They claim that this period preceded the end of the 1975-76 academic year. We reverse.

On June 7, 1976 teachers employed by the Chicago Board of Education were informed that due to the lack of operating funds their teaching responsibilities were to terminate as of that date rather than June 29...

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