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QUINN v. ILLINOIS

No. 17-1565.

887 F.3d 322 (2018)

Patrick QUINN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. State of ILLINOIS and Board of Education of the City of Chicago, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 10, 2018.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Geoghegan , Attorney, Despres, Schwartz & Geoghegan, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Stephen H. Pugh , Sabena Auyeung , Kathleen R. Pasulka-Brown , Attorneys, Pugh, Jones & Johnson P.C., Christina T. Hansen , Attorney, Office of the Attorney General, Civil Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Easterbrook, Kanne, and Sykes, Circuit Judges.

Illinois law provides that the Mayor of Chicago appoints the City's Board of Education. 105 ILCS 5/34-3. Until 1995, when this law took effect, the Mayor needed the consent of the City Council; now the Mayor acts on his own. In this suit under § 2 of the Voting Rights Act, 52 U.S.C. § 10301, plaintiffs (registered...

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