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DETROIT POLICE OFFICERS ASS'N v. YOUNG

No. 85-1120.

824 F.2d 512 (1987)

DETROIT POLICE OFFICERS ASSOCIATION, a Voluntary Mutual Benefit Association, Labor Organization, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Coleman A. YOUNG, Mayor of the City of Detroit, et al., Defendants-Appellees, William MORGAN, Brian Brunett, and Donald Prince, individually and as representatives of a class, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Coleman A. YOUNG, Mayor of the City of Detroit, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided July 29, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter S. Nussbaum (argued), John F. Brady, Detroit, Mich., Thomas Brady (argued), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Barry Goldstein (argued), Washington, D.C., James R. Andary, Frank W. Jackson, III, Detroit, Mich., for defendants-appellees.

Before MERRITT, WELLFORD and NORRIS, Circuit Judges.

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

In this suit by white police officers challenging the Detroit Police Department's affirmative action plan, the officers appeal from the District Court's grant of summary judgment in favor of the City which was based upon principles of collateral estoppel and stare decisis. Although we agree with the District Court that relitigation of the issue of the City's general past discrimination should be barred by principles of collateral estoppel...

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