United States Seventh Circuit
REYNOLDS v. CITY OF CHICAGO, 00-3771, 00-3768
In a suit by white police officers challenging, on equal protection grounds, the promotion of minority officers pursuant to an affirmative action plan, judgment for the city was proper where the plan remedied clear past discrimination, and the amount of promotions was modest and necessary based on department needs.
Appellate Information
- Argued 01/08/2002
- Decided 06/21/2002
- Published 06/21/2002
Judges
- POSNER, Circuit Judge., Before POSNER, COFFEY, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Seventh Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellees:
- Stephen B. Horwitz (Argued), Sugarman & Horwitz, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants, Plaintiff/Cross-Appellee in 00-3768 and 00-3771., Lawrence Rosenthal (Argued), Myriam Zreczny, Office of the Corporation Counsel, Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant in 00-3768 and 00-3771.