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COX v. CITY OF CHICAGO

No. 88 C 4539.

700 F.Supp. 921 (1988)

Elree COX, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF CHICAGO, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Illinois, E.D.

August 12, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen G. Seliger, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs.

Stephen B. Horwitz, Robert S. Sugarman, Jacob, Burns, Sugarman & Orlove, Chicago, Ill., for the union.

Judson Miner, Sarah Vanderwicken, Michael Fridkin, Chicago, Ill., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

PARSONS, District Judge.

Historically the management and work of the Fire Department of the City of Chicago has been carried on predominately by young white men, and because of its necessary paramilitary and career service nature it has been slower in changing its ethnic composition than has the city itself. Since World War II the black and Hispanic populations of Chicago have increased dramatically, until by 1980 they answered...

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