Legal Opinion
Petit v. City of Chicago
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided November 14, 2002No. 90 C 4984PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
HART, District Judge.
I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
This lawsuit involves promotions within the Chicago Police Department (“CPD”) and plaintiffs’ allegations that White police officers were discriminated against during the process. The promotions at issue were based on a sergeant promotional examination administered from 1985 to 1988 (the “Examination”). 1 Scoring of the Examina tion was adjusted based on race 2 so that each racial group would be represented in the top 500 candidates expected to be hired in approximately the same percentage as they were in the entire…
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3Cited by8 opinions
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