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BRIDGEPORT GUARD., INC. v. MEMBERS OF BRIDGEPORT C.S. COM'N

Civ. No. B-457.

354 F.Supp. 778 (1973)

BRIDGEPORT GUARDIANS, INC. et al. v. MEMBERS OF the BRIDGEPORT CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION et al.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

January 29, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Koskoff, Ira Horowitz, Mark Gross, Bridgeport, Conn., for plaintiffs.

J. Daniel Sagarin, James F. Stapleton, and Jack Samowitz, James J. O'Connell, and Nancy O'Connell, Howard T. Owens, Jr., Bridgeport, Conn., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION

NEWMAN, District Judge.

This is a Civil Rights Act suit challenging the constitutionality of the hiring and promotion procedures of the Bridgeport, Connecticut, Police Department. 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983. Plaintiffs include several Black members of the Bridgeport police force, some of whom have taken but failed promotion examinations, Black and Puerto Rican residents of Bridgeport who have taken but failed the patrolman's...

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