FIREFIGHTERS INC. FOR RACIAL EQUALITY v. BACH

No. 78-K-119.

611 F.Supp. 166 (1985)

FIREFIGHTERS INCORPORATED FOR RACIAL EQUALITY, a Colorado nonprofit corporation; Frank E. Quintana; Fred H. Fernandez; Andrew Archuleta; Richard Nuanes; Jose F. Archuleta; Phil Apodaca; Ernest B. Arellano; Karl Cordova; Leonard V. Cardenas; James Hicks; Michael Ramos; L.M. Cruz; Raymond Gabaldon; Richard Deherrera; Nick Nuanes; Richard L. Roach; John P. Drogheo; Onesio Cole and Margarito Franco, v. Ted BACH, Oseald C. Abernethy, Jesse Manzanares, individually and as Commissioners of the City and County of Denver Civil Service Commission; Merle K. Wise, individually and as Chief of the Fire Department for the City and County of Denver; Dan Cronin, individually and as Manager of Safety of the City and County of Denver; and the City and County of Denver.

United States District Court, D. Colorado.

June 11, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul A. Baca, Denver, Colo., for plaintiffs.

Darlene Ebert, Asst. City Atty., Denver, Colo., for City and County of Denver.

Walter C. Brauer, III, Denver, Colo., for intervenors.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

KANE, District Judge.

In 1978, plaintiffs brought this class action on behalf of all mexican american and black firefighters in the Denver Fire Department. They allege that defendants have discriminated against them in violation of the Civil Rights Act of 1870, 42 U.S.C. § 1981; the Civil Rights Act of 1871, 42 U.S.C. § 1983; and in violation of Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§...

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