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BOARD OF TRUSTEES v. DEPT. OF HUMAN RIGHTS

No. 73806.

636 N.E.2d 528 (1994)

159 Ill.2d 206

201 Ill.Dec. 96

The BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY et al., Appellants, v. The DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

May 19, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Shari R. Rhode and Denise E. Gale, Chief Trial Atty. (SIU), Carbondale, Theodore R. Leblang, Springfield, and John L. Gilbert, Edwardsville, for appellants.

Roland W. Burris, Atty. Gen., Springfield (Rosalyn B. Kaplan, Sol. Gen., and Susan Frederick Rhodes, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, of counsel), for appellees.

Justin D. Smock, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, for amicus curiae Ill. Dept. of Corrections.

Hinshaw & Culbertson (Joshua G. Vincent, of counsel), Chicago, for amicus curiae American Civil Liberties Union of Ill. et al.

Justice HEIPLE delivered the opinion of the court:

At issue in this case is whether the Illinois Department of Human Rights (the Department) has jurisdiction to hear a complaint alleging racial discrimination in an academic program at a public university. We conclude that it does not.

Plaintiffs, the Board of Trustees (the Board) of Southern Illinois University (SIU) and certain of SIU's employees, David White, Jim Bramlet, Richard Moy and Terry Travis, were...

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