Legal Opinion
Whalen v. City of Atlanta
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Decided June 3, 1982No. Civ. A. C80-1508A, C80-1583APublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
ROBERT H. HALL, District Judge.
These consolidated cases are civil rights actions brought by police lieutenants seeking damages against defendants, city officials, who are alleged to have unconstitutionally demoted plaintiffs from their former positions as police captains. The actions are brought under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 and 1988.
The background of the litigation is that in 1975, plaintiffs Perkins,- Elliott and Whalen were Atlanta police officers. On May 7, 1975, the Mayor and City Council of Atlanta adopted an ordinance governing certain promotions within the police department. Ordinance,…
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