Legal Opinion
Prate v. Freedman
District Court, W.D. New York
Decided May 3, 1977No. Civ. 76-418, Civ. 76-433PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CURTIN, Chief Judge.
Plaintiffs have brought these consolidated actions to seek compensatory and injunctive relief for what they claim to be discrimination in the recruiting, testing and hiring of applicants for the position of police officer in the City of Rochester, New York.
The plaintiffs are white applicants for the position of police officer who challenge these practices as preferring black, Spanishsurnamed and other non-white persons for such positions. Defendants are public officials responsible for hiring applicants for positions as police officers in the Rochester Police Department.…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- United Mine Workers of America v. GibbsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- McDonald v. Santa Fe Trail Transportation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Louisiana v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- John Martin Oatis, David Johnson, Sr., and R. T. Young v. Crown Zellerbach CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Follette v. BurgosSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
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3Cited by23 opinions
- United States v. Jefferson CountyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
- Stotts v. Memphis Fire DepartmentCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1982
- Prate v. FreedmanCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1978
- Society Hill Civic Association v. HarrisCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
- Evelyn Marino v. Juan U. OrtizCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1986
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