Earl BILLISH, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
CITY OF CHICAGO, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
CHICAGO FIRE FIGHTERS UNION, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
Richard M. DALEY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued December 7, 1990.
Decided May 4, 1992.
Reargued December 15, 1992.
Decided March 29, 1993.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
John L. Gubbins, Monfort, WI, Kimberly A. Sutherland, Chicago, IL (argued), for plaintiffs-appellants in No. 90-1650.
Sarah Vanderwicken, Darka Papushkewych, Jay M. Kertez, Ruth M. Moscovitch, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Lawrence Rosenthal, Deputy Corp. Counsel (argued), Frederick S. Rhine, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Mardell Nereim, Kelly R. Welsh, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Office of Corp. Counsel, Appeals Div., Chicago, IL, for defendants-appellees, in No. 90-1650.
Irving Gornstein, David K. Flynn, Asst. Atty. Gen., Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for U.S. amicus curiae.
Robert S. Sugarman, Stephen B. Horwitz (argued), Jacobs, Burns, Sugarman & Orlove, Scott F. Turow, Karen H. Flax, Sonnenschein, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, IL, for plaintiffs-appellants in No. 90-2182.
Sarah Vanderwicken, Mandell Nereim, Office of Corp. Counsel, Judson H. Miner, Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, Darka Papushkewych, Jay M. Kertez, Ruth M. Moscovitch, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Lawrence Rosenthal, Deputy Corp. Counsel (argued), Kelly R. Welsh, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Office of Corp. Counsel, Appeals Div., Chicago, IL, for defendants-appellees in No. 90-2182.
Irving Gornstein, John R. Dunne, and David K. Flynn, Asst. Attys. Gen., Department of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for U.S. amicus curiae.
Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and CUMMINGS, CUDAHY, POSNER, COFFEY, EASTERBROOK, RIPPLE, MANION, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.
Reargued En Banc December 15, 1992.
POSNER, Circuit Judge.
We granted rehearing en banc to examine the following difficult and important question: In what circumstances can admitted racial discrimination, challenged as a violation of the equal protection clause because committed by an organ of state government, be upheld as a proper remedial measure when there has been no trial to determine whether the discrimination can survive "strict scrutiny"? For that...
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