UNITED STATES v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Nos. 73 C 2080, 70 C 2220 and 73 C 1252.

385 F.Supp. 540 (1974)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF CHICAGO et al., Defendants, Louis Arado et al., Intervenors-Defendants. Renault ROBINSON and Afro-American Patrolmen's League, an Illinois not-for-profit corporation, Plaintiffs, v. James B. CONLISK, Jr., et al., Defendants. Tadeo Robert CAMACHO et al., Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF CHICAGO et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Illinois, E. D.

April 24, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Phelan, Chicago, Ill., Sp. Counsel, Isham, Lincoln & Beale, Chicago, Ill., William R. Quinlan, Daniel R. Pascale, Richard F. Friedman, Ann Acker, Jerome A. Siegan, Michael Small, Asst. Corp. Counsels, City of Chicago, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.

Ilana Diamond Rovner, Asst. U. S. Atty., Chicago, Ill., David W. Allen, Donald Pailen, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for United States.

Thomas A. Gottschalk, Gary M. Elden, John W. Conniff, John P. Wilson, Jr., James A. Cherney, Chicago, Ill., Kirkland & Ellis for Robinson, and another.

Michael L. Meyer, Barry S. Alberts, Schiff, Hardin & Waite, William J. McNally, Judith S. Bernstein, Chicago, Ill., for Camacho, and others.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

MARSHALL, District Judge.

Before me is the motion of plaintiff United States of America in cause No. 73 C 2080, joined in by all plaintiffs1 in causes Nos. 70 C 2220 and 73 C 1252, to consolidate these cases for all purposes, pursuant to Rule 42(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.2

Plaintiffs argue that these cases present (1) common questions of law as to whether...

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