CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION v. BD. OF EDUC., CHICAGO

No. 20-1167.

14 F.4th 650 (2021)

CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION, Terri Fells, Lillian Edmonds, and Josephine Perry, Individually and on Behalf of all Similarly Situated Persons, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided September 22, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robin B. Potter , Attorney, Fish Potter Bolanos, PC, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff Chicago Teachers Union, Local No. 1, American.

Robin B. Potter , Attorney, Fish Potter Bolanos, PC, Chicago, IL, Randall D. Schmidt , Attorney, Mandel Legal Aid Clinic, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Terri Fells, Lillian Edmonds, Josephine Hamilton Perry.

Allison E. Czerniak , Attorney, Cary E. Donham , Attorney, J. Timothy Eaton , Attorney, John F. Kennedy , Attorney, Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Chicago, IL, Thomas Arthur Doyle , Attorney, Chicago Board of Education, Chicago, IL, for Defendant.

Before Flaum, Rovner, and Wood, Circuit Judges.


Citing an alleged budget deficit, the Board of Education of the City of Chicago ("the Board") laid off approximately 1,077 teachers and 393 paraprofessional educators in the summer of 2011. The Chicago Teachers Union and a class of teachers (collectively "CTU") filed suit against the Board alleging that the layoffs discriminated...

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