Legal Opinion
Martin v. Wilks
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided August 11, 1989No. 87-1614PublishedCited by 549 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Rehnquist
A group of white firefighters sued the city of Birmingham, Alabama (City), and the Jefferson County Personnel Board (Board) alleging that they were being denied promotions in favor of less qualified black firefighters. They claimed that the City and the Board were making promotion decisions on the basis of race in reliance on certain consent decrees, and that these decisions constituted impermissible racial discrimination in violation of the Constitution and federal statutes. The District Court held that the white firefighters were precluded from challenging employment decisions taken…
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