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PALMER v. CITY OF OAKLAND

Docket No. 40232.

86 Cal.App.3d 39 (1978)

150 Cal. Rptr. 41

JACKSON T. PALMER et al., Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. CITY OF OAKLAND et al., Defendants and Respondents; OAKLAND BLACK FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION et al., Interveners and Respondents.

Court of Appeals of California, First District, Division One.

November 2, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Davis, Cowell & Bowe, Philip Paul Bowe and Duane W. Reno for Plaintiffs and Appellants.

David A. Self, City Attorney, and William C. Sharp, Deputy City Attorney, for Defendants and Respondents.

Bonjour, Gough, Stone & Remer, Patricia Ann McKinley and James Stanford White for Interveners and Respondents.

OPINION

ELKINGTON, J.

The City of Oakland (City) had for some time been involved in extensive litigation concerning the rights of, and claimed discrimination against, minority persons, particularly blacks, in relation to job and promotional opportunities in the City's fire department. Minority persons comprised 51 percent of the City's population, while they held 11.2 percent of the fire department's uniformed jobs. In the promotional...

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