Legal Opinion
Detroit Police Officers Ass'n v. Young
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided March 24, 1993No. 91-1806PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WELLFORD, Senior Circuit Judge.
For a third time since 1968 when “the Detroit Police Department began to take concrete measures to remedy the effects of past discrimination in its police force,” we are confronted with an appeal challenging, this time, the continued effectuation of an affirmative action plan which gives “preference ... to black patrolmen in the initial promotion to sergeant.” Detroit Police Officers Assoc. v. Young, 824 F.2d 512, 514 (6th Cir.1987). The plan, itself involving promotions, has been before this court in various contexts four times. Id. at n. 1. The plan was…
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