Legal Opinion
Cohen v. West Haven Board of Police Commissioners
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 23, 1980No. 84, Docket 80-7233PublishedCited by 63 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEARSE, Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from certain portions of a final judgment entered in a class action brought by Barbra Cohen against the Board of Police Commissioners of West Haven, Connecticut, and others responsible for the hiring of police officers in West Haven (hereinafter collectively referred to as the “City”). Cohen commenced the action in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut, alleging that a physical agility test used by the City to screen applicants for employment as supernumerary police officers discriminated against women in violation of §…
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