Legal Opinion
O'SULLIVAN v. City of Chicago
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided April 18, 2007No. 01 C 9856PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION RE: PETITION FOR AWARD OF ATTORNEY’S FEES PURSUANT TO 42 U.S.C. § 1988
JEFFREY COLE, United States Magistrate Judge.
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BACKGROUND
Plaintiffs, Diane O’Sullivan, Janice Roche, and Nancy Lipman, are Caucasian females, employed by the City of Chicago Police Department. O’Sullivan and Lipman currently hold the rank of Lieutenant, while Roche holds the rank of Sergeant. The Plaintiffs all complained of racial discrimination and retaliation on the part of one of their superiors, Commander Mari-enne Perry, an African-American female. In December of 2001, Plaintiffs, represented by attorney…
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