EVANS v. CITY OF EVANSTON

No. 90-3456.

941 F.2d 473 (1991)

Charlene EVANS, Individually and on Behalf of a Class, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF EVANSTON, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 14, 1991.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 24, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elizabeth Dale, Kenneth N. Flaxman, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff-appellant.

Jack M. Siegel, Siegel & Warnock, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before COFFEY, FLAUM, and MANION, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 24, 1991.

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Charlene Evans brought suit to challenge the 1983 physical fitness test administered by the Evanston Fire Department, alleging that the test had a disparate impact on women in violation of Title VII. The district court agreed in part, holding that though the skills Evanston tested were reasonably related to those required by a firefighter, the passing score Evanston selected was...

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