MAHONEY v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 1-96-3113.

687 N.E.2d 132 (1997)

293 Ill. App.3d 69

227 Ill.Dec. 209

William MAHONEY, John J. O'Brien, Thomas Deacy, Timothy Hayes, Carl R. Hopkins, Douglas O. Carbol, Richard W. Bueschel, Gerald Hayes, James M. Wulff, Norbert Perkins, John J. Kelly, Lawrence R. Weiss, William W. Sweeney, Stanley J. Prysok, Michael Walsh, Hilery Oshaughnessy, Richard E. Olson, James M. Nolan, Russell D. Collins, Donald S. Olsen, Dennis W. Novotny, Thomas P. Brown, Daniel E. Reardon, Daniel Dahl, John Bjorvik, Donald Jurcak and Michael J. Walsh, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, Raymond Orozco, Officially, Glenn Carr, Officially, Defendants-Appellees.

Appellate Court of Illinois, First District, Fourth Division.

October 30, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald A. Goldman, Arthur R. Ehrlich, Jonathan C. Goldman, Goldman and Ehrlich, Chicago, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Patricia T. Bergeson, Acting Corporation Counsel; Lawrence Rosenthal, Deputy Corporation Counsel; Benna Ruth Solomon, Chief Asst. Corporation Counsel; Ruth Masters, Asst. Corporation Counsel, of counsel, Chicago, for defendants-appellees.


Presiding Justice WOLFSON delivered the opinion of the court:

Can Chicago firefighters who are members of the Fire Fighter's Union bring suit, as individuals, against the City for claimed irregularities in the City's method of promoting? Our answer is no, not under the circumstances of this case.

BACKGROUND

In compliance with affirmative action provisions within the collective bargaining agreement between the Chicago Fire Fighter's

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