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BOARD OF EDUCATION DECATUR v. RAINBOW/PUSH COALIT.

No. 99-CV-2288.

75 F.Supp.2d 916 (1999)

BOARD OF EDUCATION OF DECATUR SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 61, County of Macon, State of Illinois, Plaintiff, v. RAINBOW/PUSH COALITION; Founder and President Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.; Reverend James Meeks; National Education Spokesperson Valerie Johnson; Illinois Field Director Mark Allen; Decatur Chapter President Richard Tomlinson; Decatur Chapter Vice President Keith Anderson; Decatur Spokesperson Julius Bailey; Cleo Willes; and the following Students and their Parents and/or Guardians: Shawn J. Honorable; Eureka Honorable; Terrence Jarrett; Marilyn Jarrett; Courtney Carson; Tony Carson; Bruce Manns; Marlita Manns; Errol Bond; Reverend Mark Bond; Roosevelt Harris; Roosevelt Fuller; Gretta Fuller; Gregory Howell; and Cynthia Howell, Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. Illinois, Danville/Urbana Division.

December 3, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey C. Taylor, Everett E. Nicholas, Jr., Robbins, Schwartz, Nicholas, Lifton & Taylor, Decatur, IL, for Plaintiff.

Lewis Myers, Jr., Chicago, IL, for Defendants.

ORDER

McCUSKEY, District Judge.

In October of 1999, Plaintiff Board of Education of Decatur School District No. 61 (the "District") expelled six students and allowed another to withdraw after the students participated in a fight at a school-sponsored event. This decision generated some controversy in the community, prompting Defendants to demonstrate in protest on District property. In response to these demonstrations, the District brought a civil...

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