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Chmill v. City of Pittsburgh

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided March 20, 1980No. 56PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

This case presents the question of whether a municipal employer which has been found guilty of racial discrimination by a federal court may institute temporary remedial race-conscious hiring. Plaintiffs, white applicants for jobs as firefighters in the City of Pittsburgh, challenge the Pittsburgh Civil Service Commission’s proposed use of race-conscious hiring procedures to correct racial discrimination in the Pittsburgh Bureau of Fire. Claiming they would have been hired but for the challenged procedures, these plaintiffs took statutory appeals from the…

2Cases cited47 opinions

  1. Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
  3. Brown v. Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
  4. Griggs v. Duke Power Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1971
  5. Albemarle Paper Co. v. MoodySupreme Court of the United States · 1975

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3Cited by37 opinions

  1. Francis J. Kelly v. Drexel UniversityCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1996
  2. 70 Fair empl.prac.cas. (Bna) 141, 67 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 43,791 Fernando Gomez, M.D. v. Allegheny Health Services, Inc., A/k/a/ Allegheny Health Education and Research Foundation Medical College of Pennsylvania Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center Bernard Sigel, M.D. Howard A. Zaren, M.D. Paschal M. Spagna, M.D. Steven G. Meister, M.D. Glen Whitman, M.D. Leslie A. Miller, EsquireCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
  3. Kryeski v. Schott Glass Technologies, Inc.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
  4. McNASBY v. CROWN CORK AND SEAL CO., INC.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989
  5. Imler v. Hollidaysburg American Legion Ambulance ServiceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1999

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