Legal Opinion
Hearn v. City of Jackson
District Court, S.D. Mississippi
Decided August 7, 2003No. CIV.A.3:99CV359LNPublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
TOM S. LEE, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, forty-two black police officers employed by the City of Jackson Police Department, brought this action against the City under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., and 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983 complaining that the procedure used by the City in May 1998 for the selection of individuals for the rank of sergeant in the police department discriminated against black applicants. Plaintiffs assert a disparate impact claim, alleging, in particular, that the written test which was used to qualify applicants to…
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