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N.A.A.C.P. v. DETROIT POLICE OFFICERS ASS'N, ETC.

Civ. A. No. 80 73693.

525 F.Supp. 1215 (1981)

N.A.A.C.P., DETROIT BRANCH, The Guardians, Inc., Brady Bruenton, Cynthia Martin, Hilton Napoleon, Sharron Randolph, Betty T. Roland, Grant Battle, Cynthia Cheatom, Evin Fobbs, John Hawkins, Helen Poellinitz, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. DETROIT POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, (D.P.O.A.), David Watroba, President of the D.P.O.A., City of Detroit, a Michigan Municipal Corporation, Mayor Coleman A. Young, Detroit Police Department, Board of Police Commissioners, Chief William Hart, Governor William Milliken, and the Michigan Employment Relations Commission, Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Michigan, S. D.

November 17, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Adkins, New York City, Jeanne Mirer, Duane Elston, Detroit, Mich., for plaintiffs.

Walter S. Nussbaum, Ingrid M. Farquharson, Southfield, Mich., for defendants D.P.O.A. and Watroba.

Michael Lockman, Detroit, Mich., for defendants Governor William G. Milliken and MERC.

James Zeman, Detroit, Mich., for defendant City of Detroit.

OPINION

GILMORE, District Judge.

The controversy in this case can be briefly summarized. In October 1979 and September 1980, the City of Detroit laid off approximately 1100 police officers pursuant to the terms of the last hired/first fired seniority provision contained in Article 10, § E of the 1977-1980 Collective Bargaining Agreement between the City and the Detroit Police Officers Association (`DPOA...

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