Legal Opinion
Michael Garofalo v. Village of Hazel Crest
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided June 12, 2014No. 12-1668, 12-1681PublishedCited by 79 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TINDER, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-Appellants Michael Garofalo and Mark Peers appeal from the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendant-Appellees, the Village of Hazel Crest and its individual officers, in their race discrimination case. Garofalo and Peers, both white, were sergeants on the Hazel Crest police force. They were among four front-runners considered for a deputy police chief position, which ultimately went to a black officer who was not one of the four initially-discussed candidates. Plaintiff-Appellants assert that the Village and its officers discriminated…
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