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ROBINSON v. SHERIFF OF COOK COUNTY

No. 98-2333.

167 F.3d 1155 (1999)

Charles O. ROBINSON and Belinda Taylor, individually and on behalf of a class of similarly situated persons, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SHERIFF OF COOK COUNTY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 8, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth N. Flaxman (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Gina E. Brock (argued), Jack Murphy, Office of the State's Attorney of Cook County, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, and RIPPLE and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Chief Judge.

The appeal in this Title VII case presents questions of class action procedure. 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq.; Fed.R.Civ.P. 23. The suit was filed by Charles Robinson on behalf of those blacks (387 in all) who, although certified as eligible for appointment as Cook County correctional officers between roughly 1991 and 1995, had not been appointed when this suit was filed in 1995. The basis of the suit is disparate impact: only 34...

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