Stevens v. City of Miami

The appellants, police officers for the City of Miami, took certain exams in 1979 the results of which entitled them to be on the registry to be considered for promotion to sergeant. Subsequent to that time a lawsuit was brought in the federal court by the Fraternal Order of Police on behalf of those officers bypassed by the city’s affirmative action program seeking to void the affirmative action program promulgated by the City of Miami, or, in effect, a reverse discrimination suit. That litigation was ultimately settled, with the settlement being approved by the membership of the F.O.P. As a…