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HIGGINS v. CITY OF VALLEJO

No. 86-1904.

823 F.2d 351 (1987)

Patrick HIGGINS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF VALLEJO, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 29, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan C. Davis, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiff-appellant.

Michael H. Roush, Vallejo, Cal., for defendant-appellee.

Before CHOY, PREGERSON and CANBY, Circuit Judges.

PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:

Appellant Patrick Higgins, a white male, filed a reverse discrimination suit against the City of Vallejo, California ("the City"). In his complaint, Higgins alleges that the hiring of Errol Cooley, a black male, instead of Higgins for the position of firefighter/engineer violates the City's Charter and other local laws, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e-2000e-17, and the equal protection clause of the...

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