MAJESKE v. FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, LODGE NO. 7

No. 95-3354.

94 F.3d 307 (1996)

Carol MAJESKE, John Azara, Fred Barham, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, LOCAL LODGE NO. 7, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 23, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kimberly A. Sutherland (argued), Chicago, IL, Ronald A. Bredemann, Flood & Bredemann, Des Plaines, IL, for John Azara, Fred Barham, Susan Barrett, Donald Barry, James Bartosik, Joanne Botwinski, Nancy Bringe, Ellwood Brockman, Ray Broderdorf, Peter Bukiri, Carolyn C. Burauer, Michael Burke, Phillip Cappitelli, Michael Chevalier, Thomas Coughlin, Eugene Chudy, Terrence Clark, Patrick Conroy, William Coogan, Robert Cooper, Robert Craig, Charlotte Danovaro, William Davis, Dolores Diedrich, and John Broderick.

Kimberly A. Sutherland, Chicago, IL, for Carol Majeske.

Sarah Vanderwicken, Despres, Schwartz & Geoghegan, Chicago, IL, Lawrence Rosenthal, Terence J. Moran, Jay M. Kertez, Benna R. Solomon, Anne K. Berleman, Susan S. Sher, Office of Corp. Counsel, Appeals Div., Chicago, IL, for City of Chicago, Ill., LeRoy Martin, Charles Ford, Edward Brooks, Hubert W. Holton, Glenn Carr, Richard M. Daley, Gerald Cooper, Kelly R. Welsh, Susan Sher, Lawrence Rosenthal, and Sarah Vanderwicken.

Laura M. Finnegan (argued), Baum, Sigman, Auerbach, Pierson & Neuman, Chicago, IL, Sarah Vanderwicken, Despres, Schwartz & Geoghegan, Chicago, IL, Lawrence Rosenthal, Terence J. Moran, Jay M. Kertez, Susan S. Sher, Office of Corp. Counsel, Appeals Div., Chicago, IL, for Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge 7.

Before EASTERBROOK, RIPPLE, and DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judges.


DIANE P. WOOD, Circuit Judge.

This case is part of a multi-court, multi-tribunal challenge brought by the plaintiffs against the City of Chicago and the Fraternal Order of Police, complaining about the promotion process within the Police Department. It demonstrates the risks, as well as the inefficiencies, of keeping too many balls up in the air at the same time. This particular part of the case involves the claims of Carol Majeske and other white Chicago police officers...

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