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COTTER v. CITY OF BOSTON

Civil Action No. 99-11101-WGY.

73 F.Supp.2d 62 (1999)

Winifred N. COTTER, Vincent J. Difazio, John P. Doris, William J. Dwan, William G. Knecht, Michael Locke, Patrick L. Murphy, and Thomas L. Sexton, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF BOSTON and James J. Hartnett, Jr., Defendant.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

October 20, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael C. McLaughlin, Boston, MA, for Winifred N. Cotter, Vincent J. Difazio, John P. Doris, William G. Knecht, Michael Locke, Patrick L. Murphy, Thomas L. Sexton.

Mary Jo Harris, Boston Police Dept., Office of the Legal Advisor, Boston, MA, for Boston Police Dept., Paul Evans, Edward P. Callahan.

Mertia A. Hopkins, Boston Police Dept., Office of Legal Advisor, Boston, MA, for City of Boston.

Edward J. DeAngelo, Atty. General's Office, Boston, MA, Candies Pruitt, Asst. Atty. Gen. Government Bureau, Boston, MA, for Commonwealth of Mass.

Grace M. Jones, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights/Boston, Boston, MA, Rutowski Rheba, Bingham Dana LLP, Boston, MA, for Dennis A. White, Harold White, Massachusetts Association of Minority Law Enforcement Officers.

Edward J. DeAngelo, Atty. General's Office, Boston, MA, Ginny Sinkel, Office of the Atty. General, Government Bureau, Boston, MA, Mary Jo Harris, Boston Police Dept., Office of the Legal Advisor, Boston, MA, for James J. Hartnett, Jr.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

YOUNG, Chief Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

In 1997, eleven City of Boston police officers earned a score of 84 on the civil service sergeant's exam, a certification test administered by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Human Resources Division (the "Division"). Eight of these officers were "white" (the "White Officers") and three were "black" (the "Black Officers").1

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