Legal Opinion
Barbera v. Metro-Dade County Fire Department
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided March 28, 2000No. 97-2068PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER & OPINION GRANTING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT
HIGHSMITH, District Judge.
THIS CAUSE is before the Court upon Defendant Metro-Dade County Fire Department’s (hereinafter the “Department”) motion for summary judgment. For the reasons that follow, the Department’s motion is granted.
I. BACKGROUND
Unfortunately, the Department has a not so distant history of systemic employment discrimination against racial and ethnic minorities and women. See generally Peightal v. Metropolitan Dade County, 940 F.2d 1394 (11th Cir.1991); Danskine v. Metro Dade County Fire Dept., 59 F.Supp.2d 1252…
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3Cited by4 opinions
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