United States Seventh Circuit

For class action purposes, plaintiffs who never received an employment application because of their race are not similar to plaintiffs of the same race who received and filled out applications but were not hired because the application was weighed in a discriminatory fashion.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/05/2001
• Decided 01/15/2002
• Published 01/15/2002

Judges

• POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before BAUER, POSNER, and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

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


• For Appellees:
  
• Linda Uliss Burke (argued), Miriam Horwitz, Milwaukee City Attorney's Office, Milwaukee, WI, for defendants-appellees., Linda Edwards (argued), Dennis J. Dimsey, Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for intervenor-appellee.