Legal Opinion
United States v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 3, 1988No. Nos. 87-1973 & 87-2076PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.
These appeals arose from a consolidated action, initiated in 1973, challenging the hiring and promotion practices within the Chicago Police Department. The City of Chicago was found to have discriminated on the basis of sex and race in hiring and promotion, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e to 2000e-17. The present appeals concern the individual petitions of two intervening plaintiffs for back pay.
I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND
At the time of the discriminatory acts, the Chicago Police Department had three distinct job…
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