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BRONZE SHIELDS v. NEW JERSEY DEPT. OF CIVIL SERV.

Civ. No. 2022-72, Civ. 950-73.

488 F.Supp. 723 (1980)

BRONZE SHIELDS, INC., et al. v. NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE et al. VULCAN PIONEERS, INC., et al. v. NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL SERVICE et al.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

April 8, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan M. Hyman, Newark, N. J., for plaintiff.

Peter Calderone, M. Kathleen Duncan, Deputy Attys. Gen., Trenton, N. J., for State of New Jersey defendants.

William Schwartz, and Matthew J. Scola, Newark, N. J., for defendant City of Newark.

OPINION

SAROKIN, District Judge.

PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The actions before this Court challenge the legality of the hiring and promotional practices of the Newark Police Department ("Bronze Shields") and of the Newark Fire Department ("Vulcan Pioneers"). Plaintiffs in both actions allege in Count One of their Amended Complaint that defendants' policies violate the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments, 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983, and...

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