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WORD v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 19-1320.

946 F.3d 391 (2020)

Hosea WORD, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided January 6, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher W. Carmichael , Devlin Joseph Schoop , Attorneys, HENDERSON PARKS, LLC, Chicago, IL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Jonathon D. Byrer , Attorney, OFFICE OF THE CORPORATION COUNSEL, Appeals Division, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Flaum, Ripple, and Hamilton, Circuit Judges.

Plaintiff Hosea Word is a sergeant and aspiring lieutenant in the Chicago Police Department (CPD). Having just missed out on a promotion following the 2006 lieutenants' examination, Word missed the cut again after receiving a lower-ranking score on the 2015 examination. Word alleges that high-ranking members of CPD leadership...

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