Legal Opinion
Juanita Stockwell v. City and County of San Francis
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 24, 2014No. 12-15070PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BERZON, Circuit Judge:
Several San Francisco police officers (“the plaintiffs” or “the officers”) over the age of forty performed well enough on an examination in 1998 to qualify for consideration for promotion to Assistant Inspector. They allege that a new policy of the San Francisco Police Department (“SFPD”) abandoning the examination as a basis for certain assignments worked a disparate impact based on age. The plaintiffs sought certification of a class composed of all SFPD officers over forty who had qualified on the 1998 examination.
The district court denied certification for want…
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