Legal Opinion
Sullivan v. City of Springfield
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided March 24, 2009No. 08-1817PublishedCited by 76 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LYNCH, Chief Judge.
Kevin Sullivan, Vincent Dudley, Mark Mehringer, Jason Sleeper, and Michael Trombley are current and former police officers who were hired by Springfield, Massachusetts (“the City”) in 1997 and then laid off in 2003. Plaintiffs were all later recalled by the City. In 2005, they sued the City, asserting claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, inter alia.
Plaintiffs, who are white, claimed that “race-based determinations” made by the City during the hiring process in 1997 were not permitted under either a consent decree or the U.S. Constitution. They alleged these 1997 determinations…
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