UNITED STATES v. CITY OF CHICAGO

Nos. 76-2044 and 77-1681.

567 F.2d 730 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF CHICAGO et al., Defendants-Appellees, and Roy Isakson et al., Intervening Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided December 14, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne B. Giampietro, Lawrence A. Poltrock, Richard M. Gutman, Chicago, Ill., for intervening defendants-appellants.

William R. Quinlan, Corp. Counsel, Jerome A. Siegan, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Chicago, Ill., Drew S. Days, III, Asst. Atty. Gen., Deborah M. Seymour, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Thomas P. Sullivan, U. S. Atty., Thomas A. Gottschalk, Chicago, Ill., for Kirkland and Ellis.

Before SPRECHER, Circuit Judge, COWEN, Senior Judge, and WOOD, Circuit Judge.


SPRECHER, Circuit Judge.

This case involves the consolidated appeals of two related aspects of a civil rights action broadly challenging the employment practices of the Chicago Police Department. Most aspects of the case have been settled by prior litigation in the federal courts.1 The issue presented in this appeal involves the rights under Illinois state law of those white males remaining on...

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