MINORITY POLICE OFFICERS v. CITY OF SOUTH BEND

Nos. S 81-402, S 83-523.

617 F.Supp. 1330 (1985)

MINORITY POLICE OFFICERS ASS'N OF SOUTH BEND; James Earl Clark, Jr.; John Williams; Shirley Woods; Lynn Coleman; Norval Williams; Hiram Bonds; Austin Davis; and Curtis Walton, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, a municipal corporation; Roger O. Parent, individually and as the Mayor, City of South Bend, Indiana; Board of Public Safety, South Bend, Indiana; Charles W. Roemer, individually and as the President of the Board of Public Safety, City of South Bend, Indiana; Elmer Carr, individually and as a member of the Board of Public Safety, South Bend, Indiana; Stanley Przybylski, individually and as a member of the Board of Public Safety, City of South Bend, Indiana; and Dan D. Thompson, individually and as Chief of Police, City of South Bend, Indiana Police Department, Defendants. James Earl CLARK, Jr. and Lynn Coleman, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, a municipal corporation; Roger O. Parent, individually and as Mayor, City of South Bend, Indiana; Board of Public Safety, South Bend, Indiana; Elmer Carr, individually and as a member of the Board of Public Safety, City of South Bend, Indiana; Stanley Przybylski, individually and as a member of the Board of Public Safety, City of South Bend, Indiana; Gene Norris, individually and as a member of the Board of Public Safety, City of South Bend, Indiana; and Dan D. Thompson, individually and as Chief of Police, City of South Bend, Indiana Police Department, Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Indiana, South Bend Division.

September 5, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Crutchfield and Patrick Brennan, South Bend, Ind., for plaintiffs.

Richard L. Hill, Robert C. Rosenfeld and Eugenia Schwartz, South Bend, Ind., for defendants.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

ALLEN SHARP, Chief Judge.

The plaintiffs in this case alleged that the defendants discriminated against them in their employment on the basis of race in violation of the Ninth Amendment and the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 19831. Two of the named plaintiffs, James Earl Clark, Jr., and Lynn Coleman, have also alleged violations of Title VII...

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