Legal Opinion
Stacy Ernst v. City of Chicago
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 19, 2016No. 14-3783; 15-2030PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
After Stacy Ernst and four other women applied unsuccessfully to work as Chicago paramedics, they brought this Title VII gender-discrimination lawsuit against the City of Chicago. These women were experienced paramedics from public and private providers of emergency medical services; they sought employment as paramedics with the Chicago Fire Department, but they did not apply to firefighting positions. All five women were denied jobs because they failed Chicago’s physical-skills entrance exam.
In district court, this Title VII case was split into two parts. The…
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