MALONEY v. PLUNKETT

Nos. 88-2316, 88-2327.

854 F.2d 152 (1988)

In the Matter of William M. MALONEY, et al., Petitioners, v. Paul E. PLUNKETT, United States District Judge, Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 14, 1988.

Opinion August 3, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward R. Theobald, Chicago, Ill., for petitioners.

Patricia Rosen, Chief Civ. Appeals Div., Atty. General's Office, Chicago, Ill., for respondent.

Before BAUER, Chief Judge, and POSNER and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


POSNER, Circuit Judge.

On July 12, the plaintiffs in a "reverse discrimination" suit pending in the district court — a civil rights suit that several white Chicago policemen had brought against city officials — asked us to vacate Judge Plunkett's order (1) discharging the jury that had been selected to hear the case, (2) ordering that a new jury be selected, and (3) forbidding the parties to exercise any peremptory challenges in the selection of the...

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