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CHICAGO FIRE FIGHTERS v. WASHINGTON

No. 87 C 7295.

736 F.Supp. 923 (1990)

CHICAGO FIRE FIGHTERS UNION LOCAL NO. 2, et al., Plaintiffs, v. Harold WASHINGTON, et al., Defendants.

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

May 7, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Darka Papushkewych, Judson H. Miner and Jay M. Kertez, Corp. Counsel, City of Chicago and Sarah Vanderwicken, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

HOLDERMAN, District Judge:

In this case white members of the Chicago Fire Department ("CFD") bring claims under 42 U.S.C. Sections 1981 and 1983 alleging that the CFD's promotional decisions subjected them to reverse discrimination in violation of the Equal Protection Clause. Plaintiffs Chicago Fire Fighters Union Local No. 2 and some of its white members, and defendants City of Chicago and some of its officers, both have moved...

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