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Case Name
Daniels v. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
EE-IL-0288
Docket / Court
1:98-cv-01186 ( N.D. Ill. )
State/Territory
Illinois
Case Type(s)
Equal Employment
Case Summary
On February 25, 1998 eight African Americans filed a lawsuit alleging discrimination on the basis of race pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1981 against their current or former employer, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, in United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. On June 18, 19 ...
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On February 25, 1998 eight African Americans filed a lawsuit alleging discrimination on the basis of race pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1981 against their current or former employer, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, in United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. On June 18, 1998, the complaint was amended to add plaintiffs and a Title VII race discrimination claim. Their specific complaint was that the defendant discriminated against African Americans when making promotions. The plaintiffs, represented by private counsel, sought injunctive relief, compensatory and punitive damages, and attorneys' fees and costs.
On March 28, 2000 the district court (Judge William Hibbler) denied defendant's motion to dismiss and certified a class action. On May 30, 2000 the class was narrowed to include African-Americans who were or had been employed at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago after February 26, 1996 below the manager level and who suffered an act of discrimination with respect to promotion. On May 22, 2002, however, the court decertified the class action and the named class members opted to continue the suit on an individual basis. Some of these plaintiffs added age discrimination and sex discrimination complaints and also alleged that they had been discriminated against in regards to pay and training.
On July 2, 2003 the court (Judge Hibbler) denied the defendant's motion to dismiss in regards to some of the individual plaintiffs but on March 3, 2004 the court granted summary judgment to the defendant against five plaintiffs. On February 18, 2005 summary judgment was granted against five more plaintiffs. The testimony of plaintiffs' expert--who had conducted statistical analysis of promotion patterns--was excluded on April 15, 2005 and on March 31, 2006 summary judgment was granted against the three remaining plaintiffs. The case came to a close when the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals (Judge Easterbrook, Judge Posner, and Judge Wood) affirmed the district court on March 8, 2007.
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Issues and Causes of Action
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Issues
Affected Gender
Female
Discrimination-area
Discharge / Constructive Discharge / Layoff
Other Conditions of Employment (including assignment, transfer, hours, working conditions, etc)
Pay / Benefits
Promotion
Training
Discrimination-basis
Age discrimination
Race discrimination
Sex discrimination
General
Disparate Treatment
Pattern or Practice
Plaintiff Type
Private Plaintiff
Race
Black
Causes of Action
42 U.S.C. § 1981
Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 621 et seq.
Title VII (including PDA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e
Case Details
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Defendant(s)
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Plaintiff Description
All African−Americans who are or were employed at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago after 2/26/96 below the Manager level who suffered an act of discrimination with respect to promotion.
Class action status sought
Yes
Class action status granted
Yes
Filed Pro Se
No
Prevailing Party
Defendant
Public Int. Lawyer
No
Nature of Relief
None
Source of Relief
None
Filed
02/25/1998
Case Closing Year
2007
Case Ongoing
No
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Docket(s)
N.D. Ill.
03/22/2007
1:98-cv-01186
EE-IL-0288-9000.pdf
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General Documents
N.D. Ill.
03/28/2000
Memorandum and Order (Granting class certification and denying motion to dismiss)
(194 F.R.D. 609)
EE-IL-0288-0007.pdf
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N.D. Ill.
07/02/2003
Memorandum Opinion and Order (Denying motion to dismiss)
(2003 U.S.Dist.LEXIS 11484)
EE-IL-0288-0011.pdf
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N.D. Ill.
08/15/2003
PLAINTIFF ALICE DIXON'S ANSWER TO DEFENDANT'S LOCAL RULE 56.1 MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT [ECF# 249]
EE-IL-0288-0002.pdf
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N.D. Ill.
08/20/2003
PLAINTIFF GERARD BRICE'S ANSWER TO DEFENDANT'S LOCAL RULE 56.1 MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT [ECF# 252]
EE-IL-0288-0003.pdf
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N.D. Ill.
03/03/2004
Memorandum Opinion and Order (Granting defendant summary judgment with respect to five plaintiffs)
(2004 U.S.Dist.LEXIS 3412)
EE-IL-0288-0012.pdf
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N.D. Ill.
02/18/2005
Memorandum Opinion and Order (Granting defendant summmary judgment with respect to five plaintiffs) [ECF# 381]
EE-IL-0288-0001.pdf
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N.D. Ill.
04/15/2005
Statement (Granting defendant's motion to exclude the testimony of an expert)
(2005 WL 6202341)
EE-IL-0288-0009.pdf
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N.D. Ill.
03/31/2006
Memorandum Opinion and Order (Granting summary judgment against three plaintiffs)
(2006 WL 861969 / 2006 U.S.Dist.LEXIS 19595)
EE-IL-0288-0010.pdf
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N.D. Ill.
03/31/2006
Judgment [ECF# 463]
EE-IL-0288-0005.pdf
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U.S. Court of Appeals
03/08/2007
Opinion (Affirming the District Court)
(476 F.3d 522)
EE-IL-0288-0006.pdf
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Judges
Easterbrook, Frank Hoover
(Seventh Circuit)
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Hibbler, William J.
(N.D. Ill.)
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Posner, Richard Allen
(Seventh Circuit)
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Wood, Diane Pamela
(Seventh Circuit)
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Plaintiff's Lawyers
Awe, Olayimika
(Illinois)
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Bogart, Susan
(Illinois)
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Bolin, Alenna
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Dimopoulos, Elena
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Jako, Juron
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Memon, Kamran
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Mercherson, Denise
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Singer, Cecile
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Stein, Edward T.
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Vodak, Kevin
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Walker, Susan Lee
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Younes, Joseph
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Defendant's Lawyers
Abram, Thomas G.
(Illinois)
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Bayles, James
(Illinois)
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Brock, Amy Pope
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Knospe, Elizabeth
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Runnels, Charis A.
(Illinois)
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Stillman, Nina
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