MILLER v. PHELAN

No. 92 C 6597.

845 F.Supp. 1201 (1993)

Evans R. MILLER, January J. Belmont, Gloria Bryant, Irene Brodie, William Shaw, Harold Murphy, Howard Walton, Princeton McKinney, Roland (Ray) Ashley, Tyrone Crider, Willie Jordan, G.W. Brewton, Albert Sampson and Carl White and on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Richard PHELAN, Richard A. Siebel, Robert P. Gooley, Carl R. Hansen, Herbert Schumann, Mary M. McDonald and Allan C. Carr, all being suburban members of the Cook County Board, the Regional Transportation Authority, a Municipal Corporation and PACE, The Suburban Bus Division of the Regional Transportation Authority, Defendants.

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

March 25, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Elston, Jr., Roland M. Stewart, Roland M. Stewart, Sr. & Associates, Chicago, IL, Steven R. Miller, Hazel Crest, IL, for plaintiffs.

Margaret A. Glass, Asst. State's Atty., Hugh R. McCombs, Mayer, Brown & Platt, Robert C. Newman, Burke Bosselman & Weaver, Chicago, IL, for defendants.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ASPEN, District Judge:

This civil rights action arises out of the appointment of a white man to the board of PACE, the suburban bus division of the Regional Transportation Authority ("RTA"), instead of African American plaintiff Evans R. Miller ("Miller"). Miller attempted to file a class action suit against the RTA, PACE, and the individual members of the Cook County Board responsible for the appointment.1...

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