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CHAVEZ v. ILLINOIS STATE POLICE

Nos. 99-3691, 00-1462.

251 F.3d 612 (2001)

Peso CHAVEZ and Gregory Lee, individually and on behalf of all persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The ILLINOIS STATE POLICE, Terrance W. Gainer, individually and in his official capacity as Director of the Illinois State Police, Michael Snyders, individually and in his official capacity as Illinois State Police Operation Valkyrie Coordinator, Edward Kresl, individually and in his official capacity as District Commander of the Illinois State Police, and Larry Thomas, Daniel Gillette, Craig Graham, Robert P. Cessna, Robert Lauterbach, and Dale Fraher, officers of the Illinois State Police, in their individual capacities, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 23, 2001

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey M. Grossman (argued), Roger Baldwin Foundation of ACLU, Inc., for plaintiff-appellant.

Thomas A. Ioppolo, Office of the Attorney General, Jeremy D. Margolis (argued), Altheimer & Gray, Chicago, IL, for defendant-appellee.

Clyde Murphy, Chicago Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Chicago, IL, Jennifer Levin, Department of Justice Civil Rights Division, Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae.

Before FLAUM, Chief Judge, and BAUER and KANNE, Circuit Judges.

KANNE, Circuit Judge.

In this civil rights lawsuit, a putative class action, plaintiffs claim that the drug interdiction unit of the Illinois State Police (ISP), Operation Valkyrie, has a practice of stopping, detaining, and searching African-American and Hispanic motorists based on their race and without legally sufficient cause or justification. The allegation before us, at its core, is that the ISP engages in the practice of racial profiling. Racial profiling is...

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