Legal Opinion
Adam Baker v. City of St. Petersburg
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 1, 1968No. 23720_1PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WISDOM, Circuit Judge:
We are asked to apply the law of equal protection to a factual situation not previously presented to the courts. Twelve Negro officers on the police force of St. Petersburg, Florida, attack the validity of certain practices of the city’s police department which are allegedly based on classification by race. The district court held that insofar as the racial classifications existed in the operations of the department, they were the product of the well-considered judgment of the Chief of Police and other administrative officials, were within the discretion of the…
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