Legal Opinion
Cleveland Firefighters for Fair Hiring Practices v. City of Cleveland
District Court, N.D. Ohio
Decided January 8, 2013No. Case Nos. 1:00CV301, C73-330PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
DONALD C. NUGENT, District Judge.
This case is before the Court on remand from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. The Sixth Circuit reviewed the Court’s denial of an extension of an amended consent decree that included race-based hiring quotas as a remedy for past discrimination by the City of Cleveland in the hiring of firefighters. While not expressing disagreement with the Court’s conclusion, the Sixth Circuit vacated the decision and remanded the case for further specific findings addressing the question of “whether 31 years out,1 the consent decree’s racial…
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