Legal Opinion
Montoya v. City of Colorado Springs
Colorado Court of Appeals
Decided May 4, 1989No. 87CA0558PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CRISWELL, Judge.
The plaintiff, Pete Montoya, appeals from the summary judgment of the district court that dismissed his civil rights claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1981 and § 1983 against the defendants, City of Colorado Springs (City) and several of its employees. We reverse.
Montoya joined the City’s fire department in 1974 and was a lieutenant in the department at the time of the events giving rise to this litigation. In 1983 he, together with nine other members of the department, applied for promotion to the position of fire captain. One of the other applicants was the son of the department’s…
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