TERENCE T. EVANS, Circuit Judge.
For 10 years, the Chicago Housing Authority (CHA) operated its own police department, providing police services to residents of its housing developments. On October 12, 1999, however, the CHA notified its employees that it was closing the department. Two and a half weeks later, on October 29, 1999, the CHA laid off its police officers and security personnel. Seventeen terminated employees filed a class action lawsuit
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