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BISHOP v. GAINER

Nos. 98-2172, 98-2375 to 98-2379, 98-2381, 00-2893.

272 F.3d 1009 (2001)

Anthony BISHOP, Jeffrey D. Hanford, Steven J. Sweeney, Lester G. Robert, Dale G. Volle, Jerry Meyers, Owen Reeves, and Aaron Booker, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Terrance W. GAINER, Harry Orr, John Rednour, David P. Schippers, Richard T. Mitchell, Nancy Beasley, Fred E. Inbau, James E. Seiber, James Redlich, and State of Illinois, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 5, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kimberly A. Sutherland (argued), Chicago, IL, Lance T. Jones, Springfield, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant in No. 98-2172.

Douglas A. Gift (argued), Herbolsheimer, Lannon, Henson, Duncan & Reagan, LaSalle, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants in Nos. 98-2375, 98-2377, 98-2378 and 98-2379.

Douglas A. Gift (argued), Herbolsheimer, Lannon, Henson, Duncan & Reagan, LaSalle, IL, Carl R. Draper, Feldman, Wasser, Draper & Benson, Springfield, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant in No. 98-2376.

Michael S. Blazer (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant in No. 98-2381.

Kimberly A. Sutherland (argued), Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant in No. 00-2893.

Erik G. Light (argued), Office of the Atty. Gen., Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before COFFEY, KANNE, and EVANS, Circuit Judges.

TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.

Filed in the district court in 1992, this case precipitated sweeping changes in the hiring and promotion policies of the Illinois State Police. So it is somewhat surprising that the appeal before us today is brought, not by the ISP, but by some of the very plaintiffs who were on the winning side, making the appeal as appetizing as week-old leftovers in a refrigerator after a successful Thanksgiving dinner.

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