Legal Opinion
Thomas J. Donaghy v. City of Omaha, a Municipal Corporation, James Skinner, Chief of Police and P.J. Morgan, Mayor of Omaha
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 7, 1991No. 90-1780PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEANEY, Senior Circuit Judge.
Thomas Donaghy, a sergeant with the Omaha Police Department (OPD), brought this section 1983 action against the City of Omaha, its mayor, and its chief of police. Donaghy, who is white, sought a promotion to lieutenant, but he was neither interviewed for nor promoted to the position. He claimed that the City discriminated against him by interviewing and promoting a black applicant, Anthony Hadley, who had more seniority but scored lower than Donaghy on tests the City used to rank job applicants. The City contended that it promoted Hadley to comply with a…
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