Legal Opinion
Junerous Cook v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 20, 1999No. 98-3268PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Chief Judge.
In 1983, a consent decree was entered in a class action that had been brought against the City of Chicago complaining about the discharge of tenured City employees without due process of law. The decree gave a member of the class named Junerous Cook preference in future hiring for a job called “Director.” Later that year Cook was notified in a letter from the City’s personnel commissioner that there were no Director vacancies at present but that she would be notified as soon as one opened up. The letter gave her a number to call if she had any questions. At the time and…
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