Legal Opinion
Rutherford v. City of Cleveland
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided June 1, 2006No. 04-3904UnpublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
McKEAGUE, Circuit Judge.
Appellants, non-minority applicants for the position of police patrol officer in Cleveland, Ohio (the “City”), filed claims of reverse discrimination and disparate treatment against the City, the Cleveland Police Department (“CPD”), and several other City defendants (collectively, the “City *368defendants”). Appellants’ claims relate to two earlier lawsuits involving the City’s past discrimination against African-Americans and Hispanics (collectively, “minorities”) in hiring and promoting by the CPD. The district court approved in those cases a consent decree that…
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3Cited by4 opinions
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