SMITH v. CITY OF EAST CLEVELAND

No. C 73-299.

363 F.Supp. 1131 (1973)

Elizabeth A. SMITH et al., Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF EAST CLEVELAND et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Ohio, E. D.

September 6, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rita Page Reuss, Jane M. Picker, Cleveland, for defendants.

Henry B. Fischer, Director of Law, Paul Mancino, City of East Cleveland, Cleveland, for plaintiffs.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

LAMBROS, District Judge.

Plaintiffs claim that practices and restrictions of defendant municipal officials in hiring police officers in East Cleveland, Ohio, deny blacks and women their rights to equal protection under the law in violation of 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution.

Plaintiff represents both a class of all women who have been denied the opportunity to apply for employment...

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