CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION v. BOARD OF EDUC.

No. 10-3396.

662 F.3d 761 (2011)

CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION, LOCAL NO. 1, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF the CITY OF CHICAGO, et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided June 13, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Geoghegan , Attorney, Despres, Schwartz & Geoghegan, Robin B. Potter , Attorney, Potter & Associates, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Sally J. Scott , Attorney, Franczek Radelet, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before MANION and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and CLEVERT, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

Plaintiff Chicago Teachers Union ("Union") brought this suit against the Chicago Board of Education ("Board") to require the Board to give tenured teachers who were laid off during the summer of 2010 but were not rehired consideration for vacant positions and preference over new hires. The Union claimed that tenured teachers have "permanent" appointments under Illinois law, and may be laid off only with recall rights. It is the Union's position that those...

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