Legal Opinion

Bolden v. Pennsylvania State Police

District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania

Decided November 29, 1976No. Civ. A. No. 73-2604PublishedCited by 14 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

CLIFFORD SCOTT GREEN, District Judge.

Presently before the Court are plaintiffs’ motions for contempt and/or for supplemental injunctive relief. The motions are based on allegations that defendants have failed to comply with a Consent Decree entered in this action on June 20, 1974. The history of this litigation is necessary to an understanding of the present motions.

In 1973, Trooper Bolden, a minority member of the Pennsylvania State Police, filed this class action suit alleging discrimination in the employment and promotion policies of the State Police. Bolden sought…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Washington v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  2. United States v. Swift & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
  3. United States v. United Shoe MacHinery Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968

3Cited by14 opinions

  1. Stotts v. Memphis Fire DepartmentCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1982
  2. Fox v. United States Department Of Housing And Urban DevelopmentCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
  3. Boston Chapter, NAACP v. BeecherCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1982
  4. Fox v. United States Department of Housing & Urban DevelopmentCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1982
  5. Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania v. Local Union 542Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1986

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