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FULLER EX REL. FULLER v. DECATUR PUBLIC

No. 00-1233

251 F.3d 662 (2001)

Roosevelt Fuller, by his parents, Gretta Fuller and Roosevelt Harris, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Decatur Public School Board of Education School District 61, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 24, 2001

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis Myers, Jr., Mark A. Lyon (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Michael C. Bruck (argued), Brian J. Alesia, Melissa M. Riahei, Quinlan & Crisham, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Patricia J. Whitten, Franczek Sullivan, Chicago, IL, Amicus Curiae.

Before RIPPLE, KANNE, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

On September 17, 1999, a violent fight broke out in the bleachers at a high school football game in Decatur, Illinois, leaving spectators scrambling to escape the melee. The students involved in the fight were members of rival street gangs—the Vice Lords and the Gangster Disciples.1 As so often happens these days, a bystander caught the fight on videotape...

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