Legal Opinion
Lawson v. Metropolitan Sanitary District
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided December 6, 1983No. 78 C 2235PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
GETZENDANNER, District Judge:
This civil rights action is before the court on plaintiffs’ motion for class certification pursuant to Rule 23(b)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Plaintiffs’ Fourth Amended Complaint alleges that defendant Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Chicago (“MSD”) “has maintained a continuing policy and practice of denying black employees equal employment opportunities” in the following and other related ways:(a) assigning blacks to the “dirtiest and least desirable” jobs;(b) refusing to grant “provisional assignments” to…
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