JEFFERSON v. INGERSOLL INTERN. INC.

No. 99-8032.

195 F.3d 894 (1999)

Missey JEFFERSON, et al., on behalf of themselves and a class of others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Respondents, v. INGERSOLL INTERNATIONAL INC., et al., Defendants-Petitioners.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 25, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James D. Zeglis (submitted), Rockford, IL, John Doar, Doar, Devorkin & Rieck, New York, NY, Dorothy S. Landsberg, Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Firard, Sacramento, CA, for petitioners.

Stephen P. Schneck (submitted), Futterman & Howard, Jennifer Kay Soule, Soule & Bradtke, Matthew J. Piers, Gessler, Hughes & Socol, Chicago, IL, for respondents.

Before COFFEY, EASTERBROOK, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs contend in this suit under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended by the Civil Rights Act of 1991, that Ingersoll International and affiliated companies discriminated on account of race in considering applications for employment. It is a pattern-or-practice suit, and like most similar claims of persistent discrimination affecting large numbers of persons was filed as a class action. The district court certified...

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