KOHLBEK v. CITY OF OMAHA, NEB.

No. 04-2060.

447 F.3d 552 (2006)

John M. KOHLBEK, Plaintiff/Appellant, William Schrack, Plaintiff, Michael Pritchard, Plaintiff/Appellant, v. CITY OF OMAHA, NEBRASKA, a Municipal Corporation, Defendant/Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: May 1, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Corrigan, argued, Omaha, NE, for appellant.

Wendy E. Hahn, argued, Deputy City Attorney, Omaha, NE, for appellee.

Before WOLLMAN, BYE, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.


WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

John Kohlbek and Michael Pritchard appeal from the district court's grant of summary judgment on their reverse discrimination claim seeking declaratory and injunctive relief and damages against the City of Omaha (Omaha).1 We reverse and remand.

I.

In 1971, fourteen years after Omaha declared that the fire department would be racially integrated, it instituted the first of a series of affirmative...

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