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McPHERSON v. SCHOOL DIST. NO. 186, SPRINGFIELD ILL.

No. S-Civ-74-44.

426 F.Supp. 173 (1976)

Rev. Negil L. McPHERSON, Sr., Individually and on behalf of Angela Marie McPherson, and Negil Livingston McPherson, Jr., minors, et al. v. SCHOOL DISTRICT # 186, SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS, and the Board of Education, School District # 186, Springfield, Illinois, et al.

United States District Court, S. D. Illinois, S. D.

December 7, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Percy L. Julian, Jr., Daphne Webb, Madison, Wis., Jack Greenberg, James Nabrit, III, Drew Days, III, New York City, for plaintiffs.

Richard R. Grummon, James M. Winning, Springfield, Ill., for defendants.

Julia Quinn Dempsey, Marilyn F. Longwell, Chicago, Ill., for Ill. Office of Education, amici curiae.

N. E. Hutson, Monticello, Ill., for United Schools Association.

ACKERMAN, District Judge.

SUMMARY

As indicated by the title, the following is a summary of the Court's opinion for purposes of clarification. For specific and detailed information, of course, it will be necessary to refer to the opinion itself.

Springfield is a city of 92,000 population with 19,000 children in its schools. Of these 17.2% are minority children. Most of the minorities are blacks who live in a fairly compact area in the center of the...

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