McFADDEN v. BD. OF EDUC. FOR ILL. SCH. DIST. U-46

No. 05 C 0760.

984 F.Supp.2d 882 (2013)

Daniel, Dinah and Deanna McFADDEN, minors, by their parent and next friend, Tracy McFadden; Karen, Rodolfo and Kiara Tapia, minors, by their parent and next friend, Mariela Montoya; Jocelyn Burciaga, minor, by her parent and next friend, Griselda Burciaga; and Kashmir Ivy, minors, by their parent and next friend, Beverly Ivy; Kristianne Sifuentes, minors, by her parent and next friend, Irma Sifuentes, Plaintiffs, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION FOR ILLINOIS SCHOOL DISTRICT U-46, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

July 9, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alonzo Rivas , Mexican-American Legal Defense And Educational Fund, Carol Rose Ashley , Kathleen Marie Mangold-Spoto , Rafael A. Vargas , Robert C. Howard , Ronald L. Futterman , Futterman Howard Ashley Watkins & Weltman, P.C., James Bradtke , Soule, Bradtke & Lambert, Paul Strauss , Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, Steven Paul Schneck , Robert D. Allison & Associates, Stewart M. Weltman , Stewart M Weltman, LLC, Chicago, IL, Venita Hervey , Law Office of Venita Hervey, Rockford, IL, William W. Thomas , Behn & Wyetzner, Chtd., Evanston, IL, for Plaintiffs.

Christopher Allen Lott , Maree F. Sneed , Hogan Lovells LLP, Washington, DC, Patricia J. Whitten , Edward Nathan Druck , Jennifer Ann Smith , Michael Joseph Hernandez , Franczek Radelet P.C., Chicago, IL, John W. Borkowski , Hogan Lovells US LLP, South Bend, IN, for Defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER1

ROBERT W. GETTLEMAN, District Judge.

After eight years of litigation, 27 days of trial to the bench on the issue of liability, and extensive post-trial briefing, this case boils down to four basic questions:

(1) Do the named plaintiffs have standing? (2) Did the 2004 student assignment plan by defendant School District U-46 (the "District") discriminate against Minority...

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