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JOHNSON v. BOARD OF ED. OF CITY OF CHICAGO

Nos. 81-1965, 81-2001.

664 F.2d 1069 (1981)

Kathy Sue JOHNSON, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, Cross-Appellees, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the CITY OF CHICAGO, et al., Defendants-Appellees, Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 24, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Morsch, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, Ill., for Kathy Johnson.

Thomas F. Gardner, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Ill., for Bd. of Ed. et al.

Before FAIRCHILD, Senior Circuit Judge, and CUDAHY and PELL, Circuit Judges.

PELL, Circuit Judge.

The present appeals arise from a determination by the district court that the controversy in these cases had not become moot by virtue of a consent decree between the United States Department of Justice and the Chicago Board of Education (the "Board") in other litigation.1 These cases challenge the constitutionality of student assignment plans based on racial quotas which were originally adopted and implemented by...

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