COM. OF PENNSYLVANIA v. FLAHERTY

Civ. A. No. 75-162.

477 F.Supp. 1263 (1979)

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA et al., Plaintiffs, v. Peter F. FLAHERTY, etc. et al., Defendants, v. FRATERNAL ORDER OF POLICE, FORT PITT LODGE NO. 1, Intervening Defendant.

United States District Court, W. D. Pennsylvania.

October 12, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Louik, Deputy Atty. Gen., Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiffs.

Robert B. Smith, Asst. City Sol., Dept. of Law, Pittsburgh, Pa., for defendants.

Bryan Campbell, Pittsburgh, Pa., for intervening defendant.


OPINION

WEBER, Chief Judge.

The defendants have petitioned this Court to permit promotions to be made in the Department of Police, City of Pittsburgh. The City of Pittsburgh, through the Civil Service Commission and the Department of Police Superintendent, desires to promote straight down the existing eligible lists for Police Sergeant and Police Lieutenant utilizing the "rule of four" and relying on the present eligible lists for only one year. The defendants...

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