Legal Opinion
Mahoney v. City of Chicago
Appellate Court of Illinois
Decided October 30, 1997No. 1-96-3113PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRESIDING JUSTICE WOLFSON
delivered the opinion of the court:
Can Chicago firefighters who are members of the firefighter’s union bring suit, as individuals, against the city for claimed irregularities in the city’s method of promoting? Our answer is no, not under the circumstances of this case.
BACKGROUND
In compliance with affirmative action provisions within the collective bargaining agreement between the Chicago Fire Fighter’s Union, Local No. 2 (the Union), and the City of Chicago (City), minority firefighters were promoted to the position of lieutenant over non-minority firefighters who…
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