Legal Opinion
United Ass'n of Black Landscapers v. City of Milwaukee
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided October 29, 1990No. 90-1430PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Eddie Martin, Thomas Wynn, Jr., and other named and unnamed plaintiffs brought suit individually and as a class against the City of Milwaukee, the City’s Bureau of Forestry, and various city employees and agencies, alleging racial discrimination in job promotion and transfer in violation of Title VII, section 1981 and section 1983. The district court, 736 F.Supp. 206, entered summary judgment in favor of the defendants, and the plaintiffs appeal. We affirm.
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In the original complaint filed in federal district court, the plaintiffs alleged that the defendants had…
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