Adams v. R.R. Donnelley & Sons

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

KENNELLY, District Judge.

In these consolidated suits, the plaintiffs, current and former African-American employees of R.R. Donnelley & Sons, a printer and provider of information services and logistics, allege employment discrimination in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2(a) & 3(a). The Court recently certified three classes of plaintiffs: the first consists of “All African-American employees of R.R. Donnel-ley who were employed at the Chicago Manufacturing Division and who were discharged during the…