Legal Opinion
Minority Police Officers Ass'n v. City of South Bend
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided September 18, 1986No. 85-2778PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FLAUM, Circuit Judge.
I
The plaintiffs are several black police officers of the City of South Bend, Indiana. The defendants are the City of South Bend and various municipal officials. On November 23, 1981 the plaintiffs brought a complaint in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Indiana alleging that the defendants had discriminated against them on the basis of their race in violation of the Ninth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and Sections 1981 and 1983 of the United States Code. Two plaintiffs filed a separate action on November 17, 1983…
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- Coates v. Johnson & JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1985
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3Cited by17 opinions
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