CHICAGO FIRE FIGHTERS UNION v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 87 C 0865.

717 F.Supp. 1314 (1989)

CHICAGO FIRE FIGHTERS UNION, LOCAL 2, Claude Norwood, John Fitzgerald, Julius Stanley, James Butler, Eli Richardson, Raymond Chambers, Hassan Abdurrahman, Cedric Young, John Abramski, Todd Anderson, and Joe Elmore, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, Louis T. Galante, Richard Fitzpatrick, Jack Sterling, Frank Szwedo, and John Does, I through X, Being Sued Individually and in Their Official Capacities, Defendants.

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

July 13, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen B. Horwitz, Robert S. Sugarman, Jacobs, Burns, Sugarman & Orlove, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

Jonathan P. Siner, Judson H. Miner, Corp. Counsel, Darka Papushkewych, Charles E. Ex, Sarah Vanderwicken, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.


ORDER

NORGLE, District Judge.

Before the court is the defendants' motion for partial summary judgment on Count II of the plaintiff's complaint, pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 56. For the reasons set forth below, the motion is granted.

FACTS

The plaintiffs in this case are eleven fire fighters and the union to which they belong. They are suing the City of Chicago, as well as various officers and officials of the Chicago Fire Department (CFD),...

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