Legal Opinion
Edward J. Ogletree v. Robert S. McNamara
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided September 23, 1971No. 20927_1PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARDS, Circuit Judge.
This is not a simple case either to describe or decide. It is a wholesale attack upon the employment practices and the system for reviewing same at the United States Air Force’s Wright Patterson Air Force Base. It alleges systematic racial discrimination and the unconstitutionality of the very orders and regulations which purport to ban such discrimination.
Since the complaint was dismissed on appellees’ motion for summary judgment, the controversy on appeal concerns the content and meaning of the complaint. The charges contained in the 12 printed pages of the complaint…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Yick Wo v. HopkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Griggs v. Duke Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Dombrowski v. PfisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- McKart v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Larson v. Domestic and Foreign Commerce Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
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3Cited by49 opinions
- United States v. TestanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Taylor v. JonesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1981
- State of New Jersey v. Department of Health and Human ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- Edward Saffron v. Department of the NavyCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1977
- Banach v. State Commission on Human RelationsCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1976
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