Legal Opinion
Chicago Fire Fighters Union Local No. 2 v. Washington
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided May 7, 1990No. 87 C 7295PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
HOLDERMAN, District Judge:
In this case white members of the Chicago Fire Department (“CFD”) bring claims under 42 U.S.C. Sections 1981 and 1983 alleging that the CFD's promotional decisions subjected them to reverse discrimination in violation of the Equal Protection Clause. Plaintiffs Chicago Fire Fighters Union Local No. 2 and some of its white members, and defendants City of Chicago and some of its officers, both have moved for summary judgment.
Our Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals recently agreed with a fellow judge in this district that “[n]o area of…
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