Legal Opinion
Rutherford v. City of Cleveland
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 4, 1998No. 96-3967PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MOORE, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs-Appellants, two sub-classes composed of non-minority applicants for the position of police patrol officer in Cleveland, appeal the district court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of DefendantAppellee City of Cleveland (“City”) and Defendant-Appellee The Shield Club (“Shield”). The appellants challenge the constitutionality of the consent decree under which the City made its hiring decisions. In granting summary judgment, the district court concluded that this court’s decision in Rafferty v. City of Youngstown, 54 F.3d 278 (6th Cir.), cert.…
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