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LEWIS E. v. SPAGNOLO

No. 5-95-0681.

679 N.E.2d 831 (1997)

287 Ill. App.3d 822

223 Ill.Dec. 380

LEWIS E., Michael E., Jamel E., Deanna C., Vanessa W., Andrew N., Robin S., Aaron M., Alia M., Roderick H., by their next friends and guardians ad litem, Gwen E., Iolo P., Ruthie W., Teresa N., Anita H., and Gail B., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Joseph A. SPAGNOLO, State Superintendent of Education; The State Board of Education; The Board of Education, East St. Louis School District 189; and Geraldine Jenkins, Superintendent, East St. Louis School District 189, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fifth District.

May 2, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas E. Kennedy, III, Alton; Susan Wishnick, Benjamin S. Wolf, Harvey Grossman, The Roger Baldwin Foundation of the ACLU, Inc., Chicago; Donald L. Wolff, Law Offices of Donald L. Wolff, St. Louis, MO; Harold C. Hirshman, David E. Lieberman, Lisa M. Martens, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

James E. Ryan, Attorney General, Barbara A. Preiner, Solicitor General, Rita M. Novak, Assistant Attorney General, Chicago, for Joseph A. Spagnolo, State Superintendent of Education, and State Board of Education.

Pearson C.J. Bush, Robert L. Merriwether, Jr., East St. Louis, for Board of Education, East St. Louis School District 189, and Geraldine H. Jenkins, Superintendent, East St. Louis School District 189.

Justice HOPKINS delivered the opinion of the court:

The plaintiffs in this case are school children living in East St. Louis. They come to the court through their parents and guardians as next friends. Defendants are Joseph A. Spagnolo, the State Superintendent of Education; the State Board of Education (the State Board); the Board of Education, East St. Louis School District 189 (District 189); and Geraldine Jenkins, the Superintendent of District 189. Where applicable...

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