Legal Opinion
Ratliff v. City of Milwaukee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 9, 1986No. 85-1946PublishedCited by 127 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WILL, Senior District Judge.
In this case, we must decide whether the district court’s factual findings are clearly erroneous. The plaintiff, Beverly J. Ratliff, is a single black woman who was discharged from her job as a probationary police officer in the City of Milwaukee on August 10, 1979, nine and one-half months after she was hired and five months after she graduated from the Milwaukee Police Academy.
Ratliff brought this action asserting five independent but related causes of action. The plaintiff maintains that she was fired from her job because of her race or sex in violation of Title…
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