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HOWARD v. COOK COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

No. 20-1723.

989 F.3d 587 (2021)

Sdahrie HOWARD, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. COOK COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE and County of Cook, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided March 4, 2021.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Noelle C. Brennan , Attorney, Noelle Brennan & Associates, Chicago, IL, Ellen Eardley , Cyrus B. Mehri , Attorneys, Mehri & Skalet, Washington, DC, Caryn Cecelia Lederer , Kate Schwartz , Attorneys, Hughes Socol Piers Resnick & Dym, Ltd., Chicago, IL, Marni J. Willenson , Attorney, Willenson Law, LLC, Chicago, IL, Heather K. Afra , Shelly B. Kulwin , Attorneys, Kulwin, Masciopinto & Kulwin, LLP, Chicago, IL, Joshua Karsh , Attorney, Mehri & Skalet, PLLC, Evanston, IL, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Christina M. Egan , David D. Leishman , Katharine P. Lennox , Michael R. Phillips , Attorneys, McGuirewoods LLP, Chicago, IL, Matthew Allen Fitzgerald , McGuirewoods LLP, Richmond, VA, for Defendant-Appellant Cook County Sheriff's Office.

Christina M. Egan , David D. Leishman , Katharine P. Lennox , Michael R. Phillips , Attorneys, McGuirewoods LLP, Chicago, IL, Elizabeth A. Ekl , Attorney, Reiter Burns, LLP, Chicago, IL, Matthew Allen Fitzgerald , McGuirewoods LLP, Richmond, VA, for Defendant-Appellant Cook County, Illinois.

Before Sykes, Chief Judge, and Flaum and St. Eve, Circuit Judges.

In this case we review the certification of a class-action lawsuit alleging a horrible "epidemic" of sexual harassment at the Cook County Jail. The named plaintiffs are ten women who work at the jail or an adjoining courthouse. They sue their employers —the Cook County Sheriff's Office and Cook County—for failing...

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