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COMMITTEE FOR EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS v. EDGAR

No. 78198.

672 N.E.2d 1178 (1996)

174 Ill.2d 1

220 Ill.Dec. 166

The COMMITTEE FOR EDUCATIONAL RIGHTS et al., Appellants, v. Jim EDGAR, Governor of the State of Illinois, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

October 18, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Lenz, Bloomington, C. Richard Johnson, Roger Pascal, Charles H.R. Peters and Jeffrey Bushofsky of Schiff, Hardin & Waite, Chicago, David C. Long, Mill Valley, California, and Patricia A. Brannan and Paul A. Minorini, of Hogan & Hartson, Washington, DC, for appellants.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Springfield (Barbara A. Preiner, Solicitor General, and Rita M. Novak, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, of counsel), for appellees.

Joan Marsh and Anne-Marie Eileraas, of Kirkland & Ellis, and Karen Berman and Rosa Abreu, Chicago, for amici curiae League of Women Voters of Illinois and the Mexican American Legal Defense & Education Fund.

Justice NICKELS delivered the opinion of the court:

This appeal draws us into the sensitive and controversial area of public school finance. The plaintiffs in this action are the Committee for Educational Rights (which consists of more than 60 school districts associated pursuant to an intergovernmental agreement), the boards of education of 37 school districts named individually, and a number of students and their parents. The defendants are Governor Jim Edgar, the...

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