Legal Opinion
Brown v. Neeb
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 3, 1981No. Nos. 80-3468, 80-3476PublishedCited by 117 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEITH, Circuit Judge.
This case presents questions regarding the scope- and effect of a consent decree. In 1972, black and Hispanic firefighter applicants sued the city of Toledo, Ohio. In 1974, the plaintiffs and defendants entered into a consent decree which, inter alia, committed the defendants to achieve in five years a ratio of minority employment within the fire department which reasonably reflected the ratio of each minority group to the total population of Toledo. The consent decree was silent about the effects of layoffs on the affirmative action goal. In June of 1980 economic…
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