PEOPLE WHO CARE v. ROCKFORD BD. OF EDUC.

No. 91-2438.

961 F.2d 1335 (1992)

PEOPLE WHO CARE, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ROCKFORD BOARD OF EDUCATION SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 205, Defendant-Appellee, and Rockford Education Association, et al., Intervenors-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 22, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald L. Futterman, Kathleen Mangold-Spoto, Robert C. Howard (argued), Hartunian, Futterman & Howard, Chicago, Ill., Andrew Campos, Rockford Area Hispanic Coalition, Centro Hispano Sembrador, Rockford, Ill., Eugene Eubanks, Kansas City, Mo., for plaintiff-appellee People Who Care.

Ronald L. Futterman, Kathleen Mangold-Spoto, Robert C. Howard (argued), Hartunian, Futterman & Howard, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees, Larry Hoarde, Chastity Hoarde, Johnathan Hughes, Shaheed Saleem, Anissa Tripplett, Asia Eason, Sidney Malone, Andre Malone, James Curtin, Kelly Curtin and Leonardo Medrano.

Lawrence J. Weiner, Justino D. Petrarca, Scariano, Kula, Ellch & Himes, Chicago, Ill., Thomas A. Bueschel, Conde, Stoner & Killoren, Rockford, Ill., Anthony G. Scariano (argued), Scariano, Kula, Ellch & Himes, Chicago Heights, Ill., John N. Schmidt, Rockford Public Schools, Rockford, Ill., for defendant-appellee Rockford Bd. of Educ., School Dist. No. 205.

Stephen G. Katz, Katz, Friedman, Schur & Eagle, Chicago, Ill., Jeremiah A. Collins, Robert H. Chanin (argued), Susan Carle, Bredhoff & Kaiser, Washington, D.C., Barbara J. Buhai, Illinois Educ. Ass'n, Chicago, Ill., for intervenors-appellants Educational Office Personnel Ass'n, Rockford Bldg. Maintenance Ass'n, and Rockford Educ. Ass'n.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and POSNER and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Pupils, parents, and civic associations filed this suit seeking desegregation of the public schools in Rockford, the second-largest city in Illinois. The district court certified a class of all black or Hispanic pupils in the district, plus all other children attending racially identifiable schools there.

Figures compiled for litigation during the 1970s showed that although minorities made up approximately 15% of the pupils in Rockford...

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