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MINORITY POL. OFF. ASS'N v. CITY OF SOUTH BEND, IND.

No. 83-1497.

721 F.2d 197 (1983)

MINORITY POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH BEND, on behalf of its members and all others similarly situated, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF SOUTH BEND, INDIANA, a municipal corporation, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 10, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles F. Curtchfield, Notre Dame, Ind., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert C. Rosenfeld, South Bend City Atty., South Bend, Ind., for defendants-appellees.

Before CUMMINGS, Chief Judge, POSNER, Circuit Judge, and SWYGERT, Senior Circuit Judge.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Eleven policemen in South Bend, Indiana, and the Minority Police Officers Association of South Bend, brought this suit under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 for declaratory and injunctive relief against the City of South Bend and various city officials, alleging that between 1973 and 1981 (when the suit was filed) the defendants had discriminated against blacks and Hispanics both in hiring and in promotions. The individual plaintiffs are black and Hispanic...

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