Legal Opinion
Carol MAJESKE, John Azara, Fred Barham, Et Al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, LOCAL LODGE NO. 7, Defendants-Appellees
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 23, 1996No. 95-3354PublishedCited by 67 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.
This case is part of a multi-court, multi-tribunal challenge brought by the plaintiffs against the City of Chicago and the Fraternal Order of Police, complaining about the promotion process within the Police Department. It demonstrates the risks, as well as the inefficiencies, of keeping too many balls up in the air at the same time. This particular part of the ease involves the claims of Carol Majeske and other white Chicago police officers (all members of the FOP) against the FOP itself, claiming that it discriminated against them in violation of 42 U.S.C. §§…
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