BROWN v. JOHNSON

No. 1-04-3014.

839 N.E.2d 634 (2005)

362 Ill. App.3d 413

298 Ill.Dec. 311

Roxanne BROWN, in her individual capacity and as a resident and taxpayer of Bellwood School District 88, Cook County, Illinois, and as a member of the School Board of Bellwood School District 88; Erika Orozco, in her individual capacity and as a resident and taxpayer of Bellwood School District 88, Cook County, Illinois, and as a member of the School Board of Bellwood School District 88; and, Charles Baxter, a resident and taxpayer of Cook County, Illinois, Plaintiffs, v. Jeannette JOHNSON, in her official capacity as a member of the School Board of Bellwood School District 88; John Wicks, in his official capacity as a member of the School Board of Bellwood School District 88; Tommy Miller, in his individual capacity and as a member of the School Board of Bellwood School District 88; Antonnette Dorris, in her individual capacity and as a member of the School Board of Bellwood School District 88; Emanuel Welch; and The Bellwood School District 88 Board of Education, Defendants (Marilyn Thurman and Robert Ingraffia, Respondents in Discovery; The Bellwood School District 88 Board of Education, Counterplaintiff-Appellee; Roxanne Brown and Erika Orozco, Counterdefendants; Robert Ingraffia, Intervenor-Appellant).

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

November 17, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard A. Devine, State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago (Patrick T. Driscoll, Jr., Deputy State's Attorney, Donna M. Lach, of counsel), for Intervenor/Appellant Robert Ingraffia.

James J. Roche & Associates, Chicago (James J. Roche, Emanuel C. Welch, W. Matthew Bryant), for Counterplaintiff/Appellee Bellwood School District 88 Board of Education.


Justice GREIMAN delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiffs-counterdefendants Roxanne Brown, Erika Orozco and Charles Baxter (collectively, plaintiffs) brought suit against defendants-counterplaintiffs Jeannette Johnson, John Wicks, Tommy Miller, Antoinette Dorris, Emanuel Welch and the Board of Education of Bellwood School District Number 88 (individually, the Board) (collectively, defendants) alleging that defendants violated constitutional and common law when...

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