Legal Opinion
Drake v. City of Fort Collins
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided March 13, 1991No. 90-1026PublishedCited by 284 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOGAN, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff Raymond J. Drake possesses considerable experience in law enforcement. Responding to a newspaper advertisement, he applied for employment to the police department of the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, in October 1987. Fort Collins requires police officer applicants to have two years of college education. Plaintiff’s application indicated that he did not have the required two years of college, and his application was rejected at the outset. During the 1987 hiring period, 418 persons applied to be Fort Collins police officers;1 eight were black. Of the black…
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