Legal Opinion
Cotter v. Massachusetts Ass'n of Minority Law Enforcement Officers
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 17, 2000No. 00-1056PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.
On May 21, 1999, Winifred Cotter and seven other white officers of the Boston Police Department brought an action under section 1983, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that plaintiffs’ constitutional rights to equal protection were violated by the promotion to sergeant of three black officers of the Boston Police Department. The plaintiffs and the three promoted officers all scored 84 on a promotional exam administered in October 1996. The complaint alleged that the three minority offi cers were promoted to sergeant for the purpose of maintaining or increasing minority…
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