Legal Opinion
Brown v. City of Chicago
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided June 30, 1998No. 95 C 1890PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
GETTLEMAN, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Did the defendant City of Chicago (“City”) discriminate against minority Chicago police sergeants when it decided to make promotions to the rank of lieutenant based on an examination which the City developed with the acknowledged intention of avoiding an adverse impact on minorities? This case continues a series of attacks on successive attempts by the City to make police promotions based on criteria that would pass muster in the courts.
Plaintiffs are 44'minority (African-American and Latino) Chicago Police Department…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Griggs v. Duke Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Albemarle Paper Co. v. MoodySupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Franks v. Bowman Transportation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Local 28 of the Sheet Metal Workers' International Ass'n v. Equal Employment Opportunity CommissionSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- Williams v. General Foods Corp.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1974
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3Cited by18 opinions
- Lloyd Bryant, Desmond Butler, Doris Byrd v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2000
- Percy Allen, Yvette Clinkscale, Paul Gergoire v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2003
- Edward Adams, Peggy Adams, Helen Adams v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2006
- Brown v. City of ChicagoDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 1998
- Barnhill v. CITY OF CHICAGO, POLICE DEPT.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 2001
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