Legal Opinion

United States v. City of Chicago, Appeal of Pete O'sullivan, Petitioning-Intervenors

Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit

Decided August 14, 1986No. 85-2245PublishedCited by 20 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CUDAHY, Circuit Judge.

Pete O’Sullivan and fourteen other white candidates for firefighter positions with the City of Chicago (the “Applicants”) appeal from an order of the district court denying them leave to intervene in this lawsuit. We affirm.

I

This lawsuit was commenced in 1973, when the United States filed a complaint against the City of Chicago (the “City”), alleging that it was engaged in a pattern or practice of racial discrimination with respect to recruitment, hiring and promotion in the Chicago Fire Department, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §…

2Cases cited8 opinions

Board of Regents of State Colleges v. RothSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
Local Number 93, International Ass'n of Firefighters v. City of ClevelandSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
17 Fair empl.prac.cas. 528, 14 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 7813 Eddie Stallworth v. Monsanto Company v. J. W. Palmer, Movants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
Robert W. Hadley v. County of Du PageCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983

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3Cited by20 opinions

Security Insurance Company of Hartford v. Schipporeit, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1995
United States of America, and Ann Erwin, Intervening v. City of Chicago, William C. Bigby, and Ann Erwin, Intervening v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
Stewart v. RubinDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1996
United States v. New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1987
Donald Petru v. City of BerwynCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989

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