Legal Opinion
Donahue v. Boston, City Of
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided September 5, 2002No. 02-1027PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
Appellant Bradley, Donahue brought suit in the district court challenging, on equal protection grounds, an affirmative action program for the hiring of Boston police officers. The program is the product of a consent decree entered in 1973. See Castro v. Beecher, 365 F.Supp. 655 (D.Mass.1973). After concluding that Donahue failed to establish standing to assert his claims, the district court entered judgment adverse to Donahue on all claims. For the reasons stated below, we affirm in part and reverse in part.
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