AHERN v. BOARD OF EDUC. OF CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 96-2170.

133 F.3d 975 (1998)

James J. AHERN, William T. Cox, Jr., Kenneth Deiml, Noreen Nagle, Charles F. McCabe, Donald F. Kimball, and Mary Ann Timlin, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 9, 1998.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied February 19, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Williams, Terrence Buehler, Susman, Buehler & Watkins, Chicago, IL, James Schwartz (argued), Schwartz & Spalding, Jeffrey E. Sachse, Schwartz, Sachse & Caravette, Chicago, IL, Eric Secoy, Jamaica Plain, MA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Robert S. Markin, Kathleen M. Gibbons, City of Chicago Board of Education, Chicago, IL, William J. Quinlan, Rockford Public Schools, Rockford, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before ESCHBACH, COFFEY, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied February 19, 1998.

DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

Seven former principals ("the Principals") of Chicago public schools lost their jobs when the responsible Local School Council (LSC) either fired them or did not renew their contracts. The Principals believe that these actions violated their rights under a 1977 Desegregation Plan that the Chicago Board of Education ("the Board") adopted in response to federal...

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