RATLIFF v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE

No. 85-1946.

795 F.2d 612 (1986)

Beverly J. RATLIFF, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE, Harold A. Breier, Raymond A. Beste, Joseph A. Kalivoda, Edward N. Kondracki, Charles R. Figer, and Edmund Majkowski, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided July 9, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter F. Kelly, Sutton & Kelly, Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiff-appellant.

Bruce D. Schrimpf, Asst. City Atty., Milwaukee, Wis., for defendant-appellees.

Before CUDAHY and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges, and WILL, Senior District Judge.


WILL, Senior District Judge.

In this case, we must decide whether the district court's factual findings are clearly erroneous. The plaintiff, Beverly J. Ratliff, is a single black woman who was discharged from her job as a probationary police officer in the City of Milwaukee on August 10, 1979, nine and one-half months after she was hired and five months after she graduated from the Milwaukee Police Academy.

Ratliff brought this action asserting five independent...

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