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U.S. v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Nos. 88-1959, 88-1961.

870 F.2d 1256 (1989)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, and Ann Erwin, et al., Intervening Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, et al., Defendants-Appellees. William C. BIGBY, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Ann Erwin, et al., Intervening Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 15, 1989.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied April 24, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kimberly A. Sutherland, Chicago, Ill., for intervening plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert J. Delahunty, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff.

Michael K. Fridkin, Corp. Counsel, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before POSNER, COFFEY and MANION, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied April 24, 1989.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Ann Erwin and other white female sergeants in the Chicago police force appeal from Judge Marshall's refusal to allow them to intervene in two suits attacking discrimination, and from his subsequent refusal to recuse himself from continuing to preside over the suits.

The first suit, United States v. City of Chicago, had been brought in 1973 by the Department of Justice...

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