Legal Opinion
Harper v. Mayor and City Council of Baltimore
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided May 2, 1973No. Civ. 71-1352PublishedCited by 50 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
JOSEPH H. YOUNG, District Judge.
Four black employees of the Baltimore City Fire Department have brought suit individually and as representatives of all similarly situated and affected persons, seeking injunctive and declaratory relief from patterns and practices of racial discrimination allegedly employed by the defendants, Mayor and City Council of Baltimore, members of the Board of Fire Commissioners and Civil Service Commission. Twenty-three white firemen have intervened as defendants.
By order of October 20, 1972, the Court certified this suit as a class action…
2Cases cited56 opinions
- Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Griggs v. Duke Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Shapiro v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Swann v. Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Loving v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by50 opinions
- Washington v. DavisSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Patterson v. American Tobacco Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1976
- The Wilderness Society v. Rogers C. B. Morton, Secretary of the InteriorCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1974
- Vanguard Justice Society, Inc. v. HughesDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1979
- Harper v. KlosterCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1973
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