COM. OF PA. v. FLAHERTY

Civ. A. Nos. 75-162, 90-457 and 90-629.

760 F.Supp. 472 (1991)

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA; Guardian of Greater Pittsburgh Inc.; N.A.A.C.P.; N.O.W.; et al., Plaintiffs, v. Peter F. FLAHERTY, Mayor, et al., Defendants, and F.O.P. for Fort Pitt Lodge No. 1, Intervening Defendant. Michael C. SLATER, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF PITTSBURGH, a municipal corporation, Defendant. Charles H. BOEHM; Paul G. Clark and Richard Usner, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Sophie MASLOFF, Mayor of the City of Pittsburgh; Melanie J. Smith, Director of Personnel of the City of Pittsburgh; the Pittsburgh Civil Service Commission and the City of Pittsburgh, Defendants.

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania.

March 20, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Holloran, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Com. of Pa.

Robert B. Smith, Joseph F. Quinn, Mary K. Conturo, City of Pittsburgh, Law Dept., Pittsburgh, Pa., for City of Pittsburgh.

A. Bryan Campbell, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Fraternal Order of Police.

Robert L. Potter, Ronald D. Barber, Strassburger, McKenna, Gutnick & Potter, and Samuel J. Cordes, Philip A. Ignelzi, Ogg, Jones, Desimone & Ignelzi, Pittsburgh, Pa., for intervenors.

Mary P. Portis, Portis & Associates, Pittsburgh, Pa., for N.A.A.C.P.


OPINION

COHILL, Chief Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

One of the constitutional dilemmas facing the federal judicial system today is the philosophical and legal conflict between the forces seeking the elimination of discrimination against females and racial minorities in the work place, and the impact that laws and legal decisions upholding minority rights have had against others seeking employment in that same work place.

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