Legal Opinion
Bronze Shields, Inc. v. New Jersey Department of Civil Service
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided April 8, 1980No. Civ. 2022-72, Civ. 950-73PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SAROKIN, District Judge.
PROCEDURAL HISTORY
The actions before this Court challenge the legality of the hiring and promotional practices of the Newark Police Department (“Bronze Shields”) and of the Newark Fire Department (“Vulcan Pioneers”). Plaintiffs in both actions allege in Count One of their Amended Complaint that defendants’ policies violate the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983, and in Count Two, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq. 1 Defendants have moved for summary judgment to dismiss Count One in each…
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Guardians Ass'n of New York City Police Department, Inc. v. Civil Service Commission of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- 23 Fair empl.prac.cas. 677, 23 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 31,153, 6 Fed. R. Evid. Serv. 724 the Guardians Association of the New York City Police Department, Inc., the Hispanic Society of the New York City Police Department, Inc., Oswaldo Perez and Felix E. Santos Individually and on Behalf of All Others Similarly Situated v. Civil Service Commission of the City of New York, Department of Personnel of the City of New York, the New York City Police Department, Alphonse D'ambrose, Individually and in His Capacity as Chairman of the Civil Service Commission of the City of New York and Personnel Director of the City of New York, James Smith and Josephine Gambino, Individually and in Their Capacity as Members of the Civil Service Commission of the City of New York, and Michael J. Codd, Individually and in His Capacity as Commissioner of the New York Police Department, DefendantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
- Bronze Shields, Inc. v. New Jersey Department of Civil ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- 27 Fair empl.prac.cas. 749, 27 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 32,287 Bronze Shields, Inc., Percell Goodwyn, Ramon Gonzalez, Hipolito Hernandez, Frank Howard, Jr., Willie C. Jackson, Johnson Livingston, Claude Pittman, John W. Reid, Willie C. Sanders, Marvin E. Thomas, Alonzo Williams, Rubin J. Battle, Floyd Bostic, Jr., Lynette Crawford, Charles Harris, Olivia Howard v. The New Jersey Department of Civil Service, Ralph P. Shaw, Chief Examiner of the Department of Civil Service, the New Jersey Civil Service Commission, S. Howard Woodson, President of the Civil Service Commission, Thomas Deluca, John Holden, Matthias Rodriguez and Charles Walther, Commissioners of the Civil Service Commission, the City of Newark, New Jersey, a Municipal Corporation, John Redden, Director of the Newark Police DepartmentCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- Ganguly v. New York State Department of Mental Hygiene-Dunlap Manhattan Psychiatric CenterDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1981
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