Legal Opinion
Robinson v. Sheriff of Cook County
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 8, 1999No. 98-2333PublishedCited by 54 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
The appeal in this Title VII case presents questions of class action procedure. 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq.; Fed.R.Civ.P. 23. The suit was filed by Charles Robinson on behalf of those blacks (387 in all) who, although certified as eligible for appointment as Cook County correctional officers between roughly 1991 and 1995, had not been appointed when this suit was filed in 1995. The basis of the suit is disparate impact: only 34 percent of black applicants were hired during the period covered by the complaint, compared to 53 percent of white applicants. If disparate impact…
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