Carter v. Gallagher

VAN OOSTERHOUT, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal by defendants from decree enjoining them from holding examinations and setting standards for the purpose of determining qualifications of applicants for positions on the Minneapolis Fire Department until various racially discriminatory practices are corrected as directed in the trial court’s decree and providing for absolute minority preference in employment of twenty minority persons.

This action for injunctive and declaratory relief was brought by five Blacks on behalf of themselves and all persons similarly situated. The classes represented by…