Legal Opinion
Marcus Aguilera v. Cook County Police and Corrections Merit Board
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 28, 1985No. 84-1409PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
The plaintiff, Aguilera, claims that Cook County violated Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000d-2000e, by refusing to hire him as a corrections officer (guard) of the Cook County Jail back in 1976. After earlier proceedings unnecessary to dwell on here, the district court granted summary judgment for the County, 582 F.Supp. 1053 (N.D.Ill.1984), and Aguilera appeals.
Aguilera is Hispanic, and contends that the County’s requirement that its corrections officers have a high school diploma or high-school-equivalency certificate bears…
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3Cited by34 opinions
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