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BIGBY v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 89-2194.

927 F.2d 1426 (1991)

William C. BIGBY, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Maurice Thoele, et al., Intervening Plaintiffs, v. CITY of CHICAGO and Chicago Police Department, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 25, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Gubbins, Gubbins & Associates, Kenneth N. Flaxman, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Bridget Arimond, Frederick S. Rhine, ACC, Office of the Corp. Counsel, Chicago, Ill., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUDAHY, COFFEY, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

In 1980, William Bigby, as class representative for twenty-three black police sergeants, raised a challenge under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to the 1977 test used by the Chicago Police Department to determine eligibility for promotion to lieutenant, alleging that the test was racially biased. The district court permitted Maurice Thoele, as class representative for 53 white and Hispanic...

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