United States Seventh Circuit
PEOPLE WHO CARE v. ROCKFORD BD. OF ED., SCH. DIST. NO. 205, 00-3200
Disparity in racial scholastic achievement scores does not justify continuation of a school desegregation consent decree where the school board shows it has eliminated the consequences of past segregation.
Appellate Information
- Argued 03/27/2001
- Decided 04/18/2001
- Published 04/18/2001
Judges
- POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, POSNER, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Seventh Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Johathan A. Rothstein,Gessler, Hughes & Socol, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees Larry and Chasty Hoarde and Jonathan Hughes., Jonathan A. Rothstein, Gessler, Hughes & Socol, Chicago, IL, Amy E. Shappert, Lord Bissel & Brook, Rockford, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellee Stephanie Burfield., Robert C. Howard (argued), Futterman & Howard, Chicago, IL, Venita Hervey, Futterman & Howard, Rockford, IL, Janet L. Pulliam, Pulliam & Wright, Little Rock, AR, Eugene Eubanks, Doctor, Kansas City, MO, for Plaintiff-Appellee People Who Care., Thomas J. Lester, Hinshaw & Culbertson, Rockford, IL, Michael Kirk (argued), Cooper Carvin & Rosenthal, Washington, DC, for Defendant-Appellant Rockford Bd. of Educ., School Dist. No. 205.