Legal Opinion
Dawson v. Pastrick
District Court, N.D. Indiana
Decided November 15, 1977No. 71 H 215PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
SHARP, District Judge.
This is an action by a plaintiff class consisting of all Black and Spanish-surnamed persons who, in the past, applied for employment with the East Chicago Fire Department but were not hired for allegedly racially discriminatory reasons. Plaintiffs cite six specific and individual cases of discriminatory acts resulting in denial of employment to support their contentions. These incidents involve plaintiffs, Thomas Brannon, a black United States citizen and an East Chicago resident, who applied for a position on the East Chicago Fire Department in May…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Griggs v. Duke Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Washington v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Nazareth Gates v. John Collier, Superintendent of the Mississippi State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Dawson v. PastrickCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
- Guardians Ass'n of New York City Police Department, Inc. v. Civil Service Commission of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- 23 Fair empl.prac.cas. 677, 23 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 31,153, 6 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 724 the Guardians Association of the New York City Police Department, Inc., the Hispanic Society of the New York City Police Department, Inc., Oswaldo Perez and Felix E. Santos Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Civil Service Commission of the City of New York, Department of Personnel of the City of New York, the New York City Police Department, Alphonse D'ambrose, Individually and in His Capacity as Chairman of the Civil Service Commission of the City of New York and Personnel Director of the City of New York, James Smith and Josephine Gambino, Individually and in Their Capacity as Members of the Civil Service Commission of the City of New York, and Michael J. Codd, Individually and in His Capacity as Commissioner of the New York Police Department, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Arnold v. BallardDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1978
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