Legal Opinion
O'Shea v. City of San Francisco
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 8, 1992No. 91-15120PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
BEEZER, Circuit Judge:
Plutarch, the great biographer, recounts the battle between the foot soldiers of Pyr-rhus, king of Epirus, and the Romans at Asculum in 280 B.C. Six thousand Romans were felled that day. Pyrrhus lost three thousand of his own troops. According to Plutarch, when advised that he had won the battle, Pyrrhus reportedly replied in so many words: “Another such victory and I am undone.”1 In this case, history will recount that, like Pyrrhus, plaintiffs won a battle, but lost the war.
Plaintiffs, white firefighters employed by the San Francisco Fire Department (“the Department”),…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Board of Ed. of Oklahoma City Public Schools v. DowellSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
- Lorance v. At&t Technologies, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Salvatore Joseph Marino v. Dan Vasquez, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Richard Vogel v. The City of Cincinnati, the Sentinel Police Association, Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1992
- Fray v. Omaha World Herald Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1992
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