Legal Opinion
Alan A. Peightal v. Metropolitan Dade County, Metropolitan Fire Department of Dade County
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided July 29, 1994No. 93-4311PublishedCited by 70 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, Circuit Judge:
Alan Peightal (“Peightal”) brought an individual reverse discrimination claim against appellee Metropolitan Dade County (“Metro Dade”) because the Dade County Fire Department (“Fire Department”) hired minorities who scored lower than Peightal on the applicant exam, but did not hire Peightal. When Peightal applied for a job as a firefighter, the Fire Department was hiring pursuant to an affirmative action plan (“Plan”) which sought to redress prior discrimination against minorities and women in the Fire Department. The district court upheld the Plan against Peightal’s…
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