Legal Opinion
Powell v. City of Pittsfield
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided August 21, 2002No. CIV.A.97-30189 MAPPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
PONSOR, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
On September 29, 1993, plaintiff Walter Powell, an African-American police officer, settled a lawsuit alleging racial discrimination against the City of Pittsfield. This settlement called for a payment of $81,000 and Powell’s reinstatement to the Pitts-field police department. Following the settlement, the defendants began a campaign of obstruction, choreographed by the City Solicitor, designed to pressure or manipulate Powell into abandoning his plan to return to the police force. For more than two and a half years defendants…
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