SMITH v. CHICAGO SCHOOL REFORM BD. OF TRUSTEES

Nos. 97-2824, 97-2871, 98-1616 and 98-1658.

165 F.3d 1142 (1999)

Carrie-Merle SMITH, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. CHICAGO SCHOOL REFORM BOARD OF TRUSTEES, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 21, 1999.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 16, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Raleigh (argued), Raleigh & Cahill, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee in Nos. 97-2824 and 98-1616.

William J. Raleigh (argued), Raleigh & Cahill, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant in Nos. 97-2871 and 98-1658.

Jerold S. Solovy, Norman M. Hirsch (argued), Rodney D. Joslin, Kenneth A. Kroot, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Illinois, for Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellee.

Before CUMMINGS, EASTERBROOK, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 16, 1999.

EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

According to the final pretrial order that governed the trial of this case, the parties agreed that Carrie-Merle Smith, a teacher at Collins High School in Chicago, was the victim of racial discrimination. Smith is white; most of the students, faculty, and administrators at the school are black. After she reported an assault and battery by faculty member Elbert Teague, who...

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