VARNER v. ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY

No. 97-3253.

150 F.3d 706 (1998)

Iris I. VARNER, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, and United States of America, Intervenor-Appellee, v. ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 21, 1998.

Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing Denied October 13, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martha A. Mills (argued), Joel J. Bellows, Bellows & Bellows, Chicago, IL, William R. Kohlhase, Miller, Hall & Triggs, Peoria, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Arthur B. Cornell, Jr., Griffin, Winning, Cohen & Bodewes, Springfield, IL, Mark S. Mester (argued), Latham & Watkins, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellants.

Jessica Dunsay Silver, Seth M. Galanter (argued), Department of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Appellate Section, Washington, DC, Isabelle K. Pinzler, Office of Atty. Gen., Champaign, IL, for Intervenor.

Before BAUER, WOOD, JR., and FLAUM, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Suggestion for Rehearing En Banc Denied October 13, 1998.

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

This appeal concerns the confluence of two recent, significant Supreme Court decisions, City of Boerne v. Flores, ___ U.S. ___, 117 S.Ct. 2157, 138 L.Ed.2d 624 (1997), and Seminole Tribe v. Florida, 517 U.S. 44, 116 S.Ct. 1114, 134 L.Ed.2d 252 (1996). The plaintiffs represent a class comprised of all tenured or tenure...

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