Legal Opinion
Eddie Washington v. Daniel Walker
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 22, 1984No. 83-1965PublishedCited by 52 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COFFEY, Circuit Judge.
This case is before us as an appeal from an order of dismissal for failure to prosecute under Rule 41(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. We affirm.
This action was commenced on June 9, 1975, as a class action alleging that the written examinations used in hiring and promoting Illinois State Police had a disparate impact on blacks. The plaintiffs engaged in extensive discovery and on three separate occasions unsuccessfully applied to the trial court for injunctive relief. We affirmed the court’s denial of the first motion for preliminary injunction in Washington…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Link v. Wabash RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- American Pipe & Construction Co. v. UtahSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- TITUS, Thomas E., Appellant, v. MERCEDES BENZ OF NORTH AMERICACourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
- William Hallam Webber v. The Eye CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- Inryco, Inc. v. Metropolitan Engineering Company, Inc., and American Fidelity Fire Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by52 opinions
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- West v. City of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1990
- Andrew B. Schilling v. Walworth County Park & Planning CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1986
- O'ROuRke Bros. Inc., an Iowa Corporation, and Jeff O'ROuRke v. Nesbitt Burns, Inc., a Canadian Corporation, Andreas F. Kiedrowski, and John C. DunnCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
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