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LAND v. BOARD OF EDUC. OF CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 1-00-0659.

757 N.E.2d 912 (2001)

325 Ill. App.3d 294

259 Ill.Dec. 49

Maurice LAND, Paul Gaubis, Varkey Achettu, Monroe Morgan and Charlene Jackson, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO, a Body Politic and Corporate; Gery J. Chico, Indiv. and as President of the Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees; Norman Bobins, Indiv. and as a Trustee of the Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees; Tariq Butt, Indiv. and as a Trustee of the Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees; Avis Lavelle, Indiv. and as a Trustee of the Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees; Gene Saffold, Indiv. and as a Trustee of the Chicago School Reform Board of Trustees; Paul G. Vallas, Indiv. and as the Chief Executive Officer of the Chicago Public Schools; Cozette M. Buckney, Indiv. and as Chief Education Officer of the Chicago Public Schools; Carlos Ponce, Indiv. and as Director of the Department of Human Resources for the Chicago Public Schools, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, First Division.

Rehearing Denied October 24, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence A. Poltrock, Wayne B. Giampietro, Gregory N. Freerksen, James B. Dykehouse, Witwer, Poltrock & Giampietro, Chicago, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Norman M. Hirsch, Brent E. Kidwell, David D. Brown, Jenner & Block, Chicago, for Defendants-Appellees.

Justice COHEN delivered the opinion of the court:

On January 22, 1999, the Board of Education of the City of Chicago (the Board) "honorably terminated" 138 tenured Chicago public school teachers. The plaintiffs are five of the 138 tenured teachers who were honorably terminated.1 The terminations were allegedly conducted in accordance with 1995 amendments to the Illinois School Code (the Code...

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