Boston Police Superior Officers Federation v. City of Boston

CAMPBELL, Senior Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from the district court’s granting of summary judgment in favor of Defendants City of Boston, the Boston Police Department (“BPD”), and other state actors. The BPD promoted Rafael Ruiz, an African-American, to lieutenant prior to promoting any of the individual Plaintiffs, each of whom scored one point better than Ruiz on the lieutenant’s examination. The BPD believed that promoting Ruiz was necessary to avoid violating an amended 1980 federal court consent decree, as then interpreted by a district court. The three white officers and the Boston…