THOMAS v. CITY OF EVANSTON

No. 80 C 4803.

610 F.Supp. 422 (1985)

Brenda THOMAS, individually and on Behalf of a class, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF EVANSTON, Defendant.

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

February 26, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth M. Flaxman, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

William Kurnik, Arlington Heights, Ill., Jack Spiegel, Chicago, Ill., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ASPEN, District Judge:

This is a Title VII class action in which the plaintiffs challenge the City of Evanston's ("the City") use of physical agility tests to screen job applicants for the Police Department ("the Department"). These tests allegedly worsened the female applicants' chances of being hired. Before being elevated to the Seventh Circuit, Judge Joel M. Flaum certified a class consisting of "all women who, from October...

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