AURORA EAST PUB. SCHOOL DIST. v. CRONIN

No. 54738, 55134 cons.

92 Ill.2d 313 (1982)

442 N.E.2d 511

AURORA EAST PUBLIC SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 131 et al., Appellees, v. JOSEPH M. CRONIN, State Superintendent of Education, et al., Appellants. — THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 170 et al., Appellees, v. JOSEPH M. CRONIN, State Superintendent of Education et al., Appellants.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed October 22, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Morsch and Shalom L. Kohn, of Sidley & Austin, and Julia Quinn Dempsey and David A. Thompson, all of Chicago, for appellants.

Lambert M. Ochsenschlager and Wayne F. Weiler, of Reid, Ochsenschlager, Murphy, and Hupp, of Aurora, for appellee Aurora East Public School District No. 131.

Thomas H. Morsch and Shalom L. Kohn, of Sidley & Austin, and Julia Quinn Dempsey and David A. Thompson, all of Chicago, for appellants.

Anthony Scariano and Robert H. Ellch, of Anthony Scariano & Associates, P.C., of Chicago Heights, for appellee Board of Education of School District No. 170.


Judgments affirmed.

JUSTICE MORAN delivered the opinion of the court:

This case involves the plaintiff school districts' challenge to the validity of the Rules Establishing Requirements and Procedures for the Elimination and Prevention of Racial Segregation in Schools (Rules). The Rules were promulgated by the defendant Joseph Cronin, the State Superintendent of Education (Superintendent), and adopted by the defendant...

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