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CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 12 C 10311.

CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION, LOCAL 1, AMERICAN FEDERATION OF TEACHERS, AFL-CIO; DONALD J. GARRETT JR.; ROBERT GREEN; and VIVONELL BROWN, JR., individually and on behalf of all similarly situated persons, Plaintiffs, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE CITY OF CHICAGO, a body politic and corporate, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, Eastern Division.

May 27, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chicago Teachers Union, Local 1 American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, Plaintiff, represented by Robin B. Potter , Robin Potter & Associates P.C. & Shankar Ramamurthy , Robin Potter & Associates, P.c..

Donald L Garrett, Jr., Plaintiff, represented by Robin B. Potter , Robin Potter & Associates P.C., Randall D. Schmidt , Mandel Legal Aid Clinic & Shankar Ramamurthy , Robin Potter & Associates, P.c..

Robert Green, Plaintiff, represented by Robin B. Potter , Robin Potter & Associates P.C., Randall D. Schmidt , Mandel Legal Aid Clinic & Shankar Ramamurthy , Robin Potter & Associates, P.c..

Vivonell Brown, Jr., individually and on behalf of all similarly situated persons, Plaintiff, represented by Robin B. Potter , Robin Potter & Associates P.C., Randall D. Schmidt , Mandel Legal Aid Clinic & Shankar Ramamurthy , Robin Potter & Associates, P.c..

Board of Education of the City of Chicago, a body politic and corporate, Defendant, represented by Cary E. Donham , Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, John J. Hagerty , Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Sherri L. Thornton-Pierce , Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Cheryl J. Colston , Board of Education of the City of Chicago, Susan Margaret O'Keefe , Chicago Board of Education & Susan L. Poll-Klaessy , Shefsky & Froelich.

Barbara Byrd-Bennett, in her official capacity,, Defendant, represented by Cary E. Donham , Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, John J. Hagerty , Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP, Sherri L. Thornton-Pierce , Taft Stettinius & Hollister LLP & Susan L. Poll-Klaessy , Shefsky & Froelich.

OPINION AND ORDER

SARA L. ELLIS, District Judge.

On February 22, 2012, the Board of Education of the City of Chicago (the "Board") announced that ten schools would be "turned around" or "reconstituted," a process that involves replacing all teachers and staff at those schools. Plaintiffs Donald J. Garrett Jr., Robert Green, and Vivonell Brown, Jr., three African American tenured teachers affected by the turnarounds and the Chicago...

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