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COTTER v. MASSACHUSETTS ASS'N OF MINORITY

No. 00-1056.

219 F.3d 31 (2000)

Winifred N. COTTER, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. MASSACHUSETTS ASSOCIATION OF MINORITY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, Dennis A. White and Harold White, Proposed Intervenors, Appellants. City of Boston, James J. Hartnett, Jr., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 17, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rheba Rutkowski with whom Jonathan M. Albano, Bingham Dana LLP, and Grace M. Jones, Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law of the Boston Bar Association, were on brief for proposed intervenors, appellants.

Michael C. McLaughlin with whom Law Offices of Michael C. McLaughlin was on brief for plaintiffs, appellees.

Before BOUDIN, STAHL and LIPEZ, Circuit Judges.

BOUDIN, Circuit Judge.

On May 21, 1999, Winifred Cotter and seven other white officers of the Boston Police Department brought an action under section 1983, 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that plaintiffs' constitutional rights to equal protection were violated by the promotion to sergeant of three black officers of the Boston Police Department. The plaintiffs and the three promoted officers all scored 84 on a promotional exam administered in October 1996. The complaint...

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