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Edward Adams, Peggy Adams, Helen Adams v. City of Chicago
7th CircuitNovember 16, 2006No. 05-4145, 05-4150Cited 18 times
Defendant WinCity of Chicago
Case Details
- Judge(s)
- Manion, Flaum, Manton, Williams
- Status
- Published
- Procedural Posture
- appeal
- Circuit
- 7th Circuit
Related Laws
No specific laws identified for this ruling.
Claim Types
Discrimination
Outcome
The Seventh Circuit affirmed summary judgment for the City of Chicago, holding that minority police officers failed to demonstrate that a merit-based alternative promotion method was available and equally valid at the time of the 1997 sergeant promotions, even though such a method was later adopted in 1998.
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