Legal Opinion
Smith v. Troyan
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided July 3, 1975No. Nos. 73-2226, 73-2227PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN W. PECK, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-appellee, a five-foot, five-inch, 136-pound black woman, filed in district court a class action against certain “city defendants” 1 and certain “federal defendants”2 charging that the city’s use of minimum height and “proportionate weight requirements m hiring its police officers unconstitutionally discriminated against her on the basis of sex and that the city’s similar use of the Army General Classification Test (AGCT) unconstitutionally discriminated against her on the basis of race and sex.3
The district court found that the height and weight…
2Cases cited49 opinions
- Stanley v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Dandridge v. WilliamsSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Taylor v. LouisianaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Reed v. ReedSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Frontiero v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
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3Cited by44 opinions
- Fanchon Blake v. City of Los AngelesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
- Vanguard Justice Society, Inc. v. HughesDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1979
- United States v. City of BuffaloDistrict Court, W.D. New York · 1978
- League of United Latin American Citizens v. City of Santa AnaDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1976
- Rule v. International Ass'n of Bridge, Structural & Ornamental Ironworkers, Local Union No. 396Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1977
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