Legal Opinion
William R. Reynolds, and Harold Dennis, Plaintiff/cross-Appellee v. City of Chicago, Defendant-Appellee/cross-Appellant
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 21, 2002No. 00-3771, 00-3768PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
This suit by white Chicago police sergeants and lieutenants challenges, as a denial of equal protection of the laws, the promotion in 1990 and 1991 of 20 black, Hispanic, and female sergeants and lieutenants to the rank of lieutenant and captain respectively. The challenged promotions were made pursuant to an affir mative action plan by which blacks, Hispanics, and women could be promoted “out of rank,” that is, promoted . even though they had a lower score than a white male on the test for the promotion. The district judge entered judgment after a jury trial and a…
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