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CHESSER v. STATE OF ILL.

No. 88-2127.

895 F.2d 330 (1990)

Albert D. CHESSER, Jr., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. STATE OF ILLINOIS, a State within the United States of America; Illinois State Police, an agency of the State of Illinois; Dwight E. Pittman, Superintendent of the Illinois State Police, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 6, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chester L. Blair, Phyllis Russell (argued), Blair, Russell & Cole, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee.

Deborah L. Ahlstrand, Asst. Atty. Gen., Office of the Attorney General, Jennifer A. Keller (argued), Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellants.

Before COFFEY and EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is a tale of two troopers. Albert Chesser and David Deason were both employed as rookies in that office by the State of Illinois in October, 1975. Chesser was black; Deason, white. Their careers progressed along similar, but not identical, paths. At the State Police Academy Chesser received "satisfactory" ratings and graduated 19th out of an entering class of 45 persons. Deason received slightly higher ratings and graduated 4th...

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