Legal Opinion
United States v. City of Miami
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided November 17, 1999No. 20PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARCUS, Circuit Judge:
This appeal is the latest chapter in a lengthy litigation saga over a 1977 nondiscrimination consent decree between the United States of America, the City of Miami, and the Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge No. 20. In this iteration, the Fraternal Order of Police (“Appellee”), on behalf of a class of white and Hispanic police officers, brought two civil contempt actions against the City of Miami for “reverse” race discrimination in its 1992 police officer promotion practices. The district court found that the City had discriminated on the basis of race in its “special…
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