Legal Opinion
Bridgeport Guardians, Inc. v. Members of Bridgeport Civil Service Commission
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided January 29, 1973No. Civ. B-457PublishedCited by 43 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION
NEWMAN, District Judge.
This is a Civil Rights Act suit challenging the constitutionality of the hiring and promotion procedures of the Bridgeport, Connecticut, Police Department. 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983. Plaintiffs include several Black members of the Bridgeport police force, some of whom have taken but failed promotion examinations, Black and Puerto Rican residents of Bridgeport who have taken but failed the patrolman’s examination, Bridgeport Guardians, Inc., a non-profit corporation whose membership includes nearly all the Black policemen of Bridgeport, and Housing…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Griggs v. Duke Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- McGowan v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Shapiro v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Bolling v. SharpeSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Loving v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by43 opinions
- 5 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1344, 6 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 8755 Bridgeport Guardians, Inc. v. Members of the Bridgeport Civil Service CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
- Guardians Ass'n of the New York City Police Department, Inc. v. Civil Service CommissionCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Vulcan Society of the New York City Fire Department, Inc. v. Civil Service Commission of New YorkDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1973
- Harper v. Mayor and City Council of BaltimoreDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1973
- 23 Fair empl.prac.cas. 909, 23 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 31,154 the Guardians Association of the New York City Police Department, Inc., the Hispanic Society of the New York City Police Department, Inc., Nydia I. Diaz, James Michael Hidalgo, Wilfred Cebellero, Andre Lopez, Reinaldo Salgado, Denise Santos, Deborah Holmes and Pamela Obey, Individually and on Behalf of All Those Similarly Situated v. Civil Service Commission of the City of New York, Department of Personnel of the City of New York, and the New York City Police Department, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
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