Legal Opinion
Williams v. Vukovich
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided November 4, 1983No. 81-3513PublishedCited by 281 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEITH, Circuit Judge.
In 1976, Black Youngstown policemen filed the present class action against the Mayor of Youngstown, Ohio, the Youngstown Chief of Police, and the Youngstown Civil Service Commission. The Black policemen alleged that the police department’s employment practices, particularly their use of unvalidated “qualification” examinations, were racially discriminatory. After five and one-half years of intense negotiations a consent decree finally resolved all hiring and promotion issues. The decree promoted certain minorities, but does not require future qualification examinations to…
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3Cited by281 opinions
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