Legal Opinion
Kendale L. Adams v. City of Indianapolis
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided February 4, 2014No. 12-1874, 13-3422PublishedCited by 1,110 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SYKES, Circuit Judge.
These related cases raise dozens of claims of illegal discrimination in the promotion process used by the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department and the Indianapolis Fire Department. The complaints are sprawling and the procedural history is a bit convoluted; we have simplified the presentation of the issues. A large group of black police officers and firefighters sued the City of Indianapolis alleging that the examination process it uses to rank candidates for promotion in the police and fire departments has a disparate impact on black candidates and is…
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