Legal Opinion
Patrick Higgins v. City of Vallejo
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 29, 1987No. 86-1904PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:
Appellant Patrick Higgins, a white male, filed a reverse discrimination suit against the City of Vallejo, California (“the City”). In his complaint, Higgins alleges that the hiring of Errol Cooley, a black male, instead of Higgins for the position of firefighter/engineer violates the City’s Charter and other local laws, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e-2000e-17, and the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment to the United States Constitution. The district court granted summary judgment for defendants on all claims, and we…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Regents of the University of California v. BakkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Watt v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Fullilove v. KlutznickSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by32 opinions
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- Krupa v. New Castle CountyDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1990
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