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Court Documents USA vs Board of Education Chicago Public Schools' refusal to act expeditiously and openly to correct systemic problems faced by as many as 3,000 English Language Learners (students who are not English proficient) "demands immediate attention." The assertion, which appears in a court filing today... read more » Nuxoll v. Indian Prairie School District #204 Courts need to balance and reconcile two competing and equally important legal rights when determining whether public high schools can limit student speech that disparages other people on the basis of race, religion, sexual orientation and similar protected statuses, according to a legal brief filed by the American Civil Liberties Union of Illinois in a case now on appeal in Chicago. The organization's position is presented in an amicus curiae brief filed in the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago in Nuxoll, et.al. v. Indian Prairie School District #204. The case grows from a challenge by a Naperville, Illinois high school student who was prevented from wearing a t-shirt with the message "Be happy, not gay" in her public school the day after other students were participating in the "Day of Silence," an event designed to promote tolerance of LGBT youth. A copy of the ACLU of Illinois' brief in Noxall v. Indian Prairie School District #204 can be found at http://www.aclu-il.org/legal/courtdocuments/nuxoll.pdf. read more » Morr-Fitz v. Blagojevich We filed an amicus curiae brief in the case of Morr-Fitz v. Blagojevich, now pending before the Illinois Supreme Court. The case involves a challenge by two pharmacists and three pharmacy companies to an Illinois regulation that requires pharmacies to... read more » Winkler v Rumsfeld Click here to read the appelate brief from January 26, 2006.... read more » Winkler v. Chicago School Reform Board UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION EUGENE WINKLER, et al., ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) No. 1999 CV 02424 v. ) ) Judge Blanche Manning CHICAGO SCHOOL REFORM BOARD ) OF TRUSTEES, et al.,... read more » Archives |
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