Legal Opinion
NAACP v. Detroit Police Officers Ass'n (DPOA)
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided July 25, 1984No. Civ. A. 80-73693PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GILMORE, Judge.
Can the City of Detroit, knowing full well that by laying off a large number of black police officers it breached its affirmative obligations in violation of the Fourteenth Amendment, fail to return these officers to work? This is one issue presented in this case, and the answer is clearly no.
Did the Detroit Police Officers Association fail to take reasonable efforts to protect these black members in connection with the layoffs and thus breach its duty of fair representation to them? This is the second major issue presented here, and the answer is clearly yes.
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2Cases cited45 opinions
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- N.A.A.C.P., Detroit Branch v. Detroit Police Officers Ass'nCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1987
- Paradise v. PrescottCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Aguinaga v. John Morrell & Co.District Court, D. Kansas · 1986
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