Legal Opinion
Nugent v. City of Houston
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided July 20, 2001No. Civil Action H-98-3915PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
LAKE, District Judge.
Plaintiffs, William Nugent and Craig So-dolak, filed this action against defendants, the City of Houston (“the City”), the Fire Fighters’ and Police Officers’ Civil Service Commission (“the Commission”), and Rodney Brisco, in his capacity as chairman of the Commission. Nugent and Sodolak allege that the City and the Commission routinely use racial preferences to prevent Caucasian applicants from being hired as entry-level police officers and fire fighters. Plaintiffs also allege that, in furtherance of this illegal affirmative action scheme, defendants…
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