Melendez v. Illinois Bell Telephone Co.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

BRIAN BARNETT DUFF, District Judge.

The plaintiff Carmelo Melendez (“Melendez”) brought this action on August 8, 1990. In his Third Amended Complaint 1 , the plaintiff alleged that the defendant, Illinois Bell Telephone Company (“Illinois Bell”), had violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 2000e et seq., and the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1981. More specifically, the plaintiff alleges discriminatory hiring practices on the part of the defendant through the use of a preem-ployment examination.

Following a trial in September of 1993 on…