Legal Opinion
Lewis v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 4, 2008No. 07-2052PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
In 1995, the City of Chicago administered a new written test to 26,000 applicants for jobs as firefighters. After grading the tests, the City placed the applicants in three categories, based on their scores: “well qualified,” “qualified,” and “not qualified.” The plaintiffs (and the members of their class) are black applicants who were placed in the “qualified” category. Applicants were told the test results within days after January 26, 1996, when notices of the results were mailed to all the applicants. On that day the mayor had announced that the test scores were in,…
2Cases cited39 opinions
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- Delaware State College v. RicksSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
- Sherry J. Oshiver v. Levin, Fishbein, Sedran & BermanCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1994
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3Cited by28 opinions
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- Arthur Lewis, Jr. v. City of ChicagCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 2012
- Gul-E-Rana Mirza v. the Neiman Marcus Group, Inc.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 2009
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