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UNITED STATES v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Nos. 76-1113, 76-1152, 76-1205 and 76-1344.

549 F.2d 415 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF CHICAGO et al., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 11, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Leon Despres, Norman J. Barry, Wayne B. Giampietro, Richard M. Gutman, Richard J. Phelan, Sp. Asst. Corp. Counsel, William R. Quinlan, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Samuel K. Skinner, U. S. Atty., Ilana Diamond Rovner, Asst. U. S. Atty., Earl L. Neal, Chicago, Ill., Donald Pailen, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., Kay Simon Grossman, Michael L. Meyer, Frank Cicero, Jr., Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge, SWYGERT and PELL, Circuit Judges.

SWYGERT, Circuit Judge.

This case is a consolidated civil rights action broadly challenging the employment practices of the Chicago Police Department. The district court in its January 5, 1976 memorandum decision found that the method utilized by the Police Department in hiring and promoting police officers resulted in discrimination against blacks, Hispanics, and women in violation of federal civil rights statutes and the Constitution. On February 2, 1976 the court...

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