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O'SULLIVAN v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 03-1412, 03-1436.

396 F.3d 843 (2005)

Gerald O'SULLIVAN, et al. Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 31, 2005.

Rehearing Denied March 31, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William R. Jentes (argued), Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Lawrence Rosenthal (argued), Mara S. Georges, Office of the Corporation Counsel, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before COFFEY, RIPPLE and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiffs in the two actions now before us are current and former lieutenants in the Chicago Police Department who were denied promotion to captain. They filed suit against the City of Chicago ("City") to enforce a consent decree entered in 1983 that required the City of Chicago to make hiring and promotion decisions without reference to an individual's political affiliation. The City moved to dismiss the complaints on the ground that the...

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