Legal Opinion
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Glickman
District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 15, 1974No. Civ. A. 72-937PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
TEITELBAUM, District Judge.
Plaintiffs seek to enjoin the defendants from allegedly engaging in unlawful racial discrimination in the recruiting, testing and hiring of applicants for the position of firefighter with the City of Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire. Jurisdiction is properly invoked under 28 U.S.C. § 1343(3) and (4) in that plaintiffs’ complaint states a claim for relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and § 1983 and the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution.
On June 4-8, 1973, a hearing was held on plaintiffs’ request for a preliminary injunction. 1 Before the findings of fact made upon…
2Cases cited40 opinions
- McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. GreenSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Monroe v. PapeSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- Griggs v. Duke Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Flast v. CohenSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Association of Data Processing Service Organizations, Inc. v. CampSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
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3Cited by25 opinions
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. PorterCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- Kirkland v. New York State Department of Correctional ServicesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
- City of Safety Harbor v. BirchfieldCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Chmill v. City of PittsburghSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Wilson v. Sharon Steel CorporationDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1975
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