Legal Opinion
Cota v. Tucson Police Department
District Court, D. Arizona
Decided February 5, 1992No. CIV. 85-544-TUC-WDBPublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
STATEMENT OF THE CASE
WILLIAM D. BROWNING, Chief Judge.
This case involves individual and class-wide claims by Plaintiffs, Hispanic Spanish-speaking employees, civilian and commissioned, alleging that the practices of the Tucson Police Department (“TPD”) are discriminatory in that TPD requires its Hispanic Spanish-speaking employees to use their Spanish-speaking skills on the job without additional compensation therefor. 1 They also complain that there is no procedure to ascertain the degree of proficiency that they possess, or need, to perform their jobs, and that TPD does not…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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3Cited by13 opinions
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