United States Seventh Circuit

Police department's affirmative action promotions did not violate the Equal Protection Clause. The department had a compelling interest in diversity, established an exam procedure, standardized the scores based on race, and used those scores as a basis for promoting officers, effectively minimizing the harm to members of any racial group.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/15/2003
• Published 12/15/2003

Judges

• TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, MANION, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kimberly A. Sutherland (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Mara S. Georges, Benna R. Solomon (argued), Office of the Corporation Counsel, Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.