WASHINGTON v. WALKER

No. 75-1863.

529 F.2d 1062 (1976)

Eddie WASHINGTON, et al., Appellants, v. Daniel WALKER, as Governor, State of Illinois, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 4, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Hoare, Mid-America Employment Rights Project, Stuart R. Berkowitz, St. Louis, Mo., for appellants.

Herbert Lee Caplan, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chicago, Ill., Howard W. Feldman, Asst. Atty. Gen., Springfield, Ill., for appellees.

Before FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge, and CUMMINGS and SPRECHER, Circuit Judges.


CUMMINGS, Circuit Judge.

In this class action, the three named black male plaintiffs alleged racial discrimination in the selection procedures used to recruit Illinois State Highway Police, popularly known as State Troopers. The defendants are six state officials bearing various relationships to the State Police. Alleging violations of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983, and 2000e et seq. as well as the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments, plaintiffs sought...

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