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Johnson et al. v. Board of Education of the City of Chicago et al., 1980 — 449 U.S. 915 · caselaw · US
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Johnson et al. v. Board of Education of the City of Chicago et al.
449 U.S. 915·Supreme Court of the United States·1980
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No. 79-1356.
Johnson et al. v. Board of Education of the City of Chicago et al.
[MAJORITY]
C. A. 7th Cir. [Certiorari granted, 448 U. S. 910.] Judgment vacated and case remanded for further consideration in light of the subsequent development described in the suggestion of mootness filed by respondents on October 2, 1980; the response of petitioners filed on October 10, 1980; the response of the United States as amicus curiae filed on October 10, 1980; and the reply filed on October 15, 1980.