Legal Opinion
N.A.A.C.P., Detroit Branch v. Detroit Police Officers Ass'n
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided April 9, 1990No. 88-1902PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MERRITT, Chief Judge.
In a previous appeal in this action, our Court published on June 12, 1987, an opinion, NAACP v. Detroit Police Officers Ass’n, 821 F.2d 328, 333 (6th Cir.1987), holding that a purely voluntary affirmative action plan instituted by Mayor Young and the City designed to increase minority representation in the Detroit Police Department could not override the last-hired, first-fired layoff provision of the Union’s collec*905tive bargaining agreement with the City.1 We held further that because the Union had not engaged in intentional discrimination, its failure to bargain…
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- 52 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1001, 53 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 39,797 N.A.A.C.P., Detroit Branch the Guardians, Inc. Brady Bruenton Cynthia Martin Hilton Napoleon Sharron Randolph Betty T. Rolland Grant Battle Cynthia Cheatom Evin Fobbs John H. Hawkins Helen Poelnitz, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated v. Detroit Police Officers Association (Dpoa) David Watroba, President City of Detroit Coleman A. Young, Mayor Detroit Police Dept., Board of Police Commissioners William Hart, Chief William Milliken, Governor the Michigan Employment Relations CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990