Legal Opinion
United States v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided November 2, 1981No. Nos. 80-2008, 80-2146, 80-2235PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.
This consolidated appeal represents the latest phase in the protracted litigation involving the hiring and promotion practices of the Chicago Police Department. In 1976, those practices were found by the district court to have discriminated against blacks, Hispanics and women in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and mandatory quotas for the hiring and promotion of police officers were imposed to remedy the effects of this discrimination. In a previous decision, since vacated, a panel of this court affirmed the district court’s denial of a joint…
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3Cited by49 opinions
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- Raymond J. Donovan, Secretary of Labor v. Loran W. Robbins, and Allen M. DorfmanCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
- New York State Ass'n for Retarded Children, Inc. v. CareyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
- David Ruiz v. James A. Lynaugh, Interim Director, Texas Department of CorrectionsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
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