Legal Opinion
Fanchon Blake v. City of Los Angeles
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided May 2, 1979No. 77-3595, 77-3601PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judge:
Appellants brought this class action charging the City of Los Angeles, the Los Angeles Board of Civil Service Commissioners, and Edward M. Davis, then Chief of Police of the Los Angeles Police Department, with sex discrimination in employment in the Los Angeles Police Department (“LAPD”). The appellants represent a class of women who are past, present, and future applicants for, employees in, and retirees from sworn positions in the LAPD. Appellants claimed violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended (42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq.), the…
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