PRATE v. FREEDMAN

Nos. Civ. 76-418, Civ. 76-433.

430 F.Supp. 1373 (1977)

Ronald PRATE et al., Plaintiffs, v. Elisha FREEDMAN, City Manager of the City of Rochester, New York, et al., Defendants. Ronald S. ZAVAGLIA et al., Plaintiffs, v. Elisha FREEDMAN, City Manager of the City of Rochester, New York, et al., Defendants, and John HOWARD et al., Defendants-Intervenors.

United States District Court, W. D. New York.

May 3, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Antell, Harris & Calleri, Rochester, N.Y. (Angelo T. Calleri, Rochester, N.Y., of counsel), for plaintiffs.

Louis N. Kash, Corp. Counsel, of the City of Rochester, Rochester, N.Y. (Emil J. Karcich, Rochester, N.Y., of counsel), for defendants Freedman & Hastings.

Joseph C. Pilato, Deputy County Atty., Monroe County, Rochester, N.Y., for defendants County of Monroe Civil Service Commission and Executive Director of the County of Monroe Civil Service Commission.

Daan Braveman, Greater Up-State Law Project, Rochester, N.Y., Marianne Artusio, Monroe County Legal Assistance Corp., Rochester, N.Y., for defendants-intervenors.


CURTIN, Chief Judge.

Plaintiffs have brought these consolidated actions to seek compensatory and injunctive relief for what they claim to be discrimination in the recruiting, testing and hiring of applicants for the position of police officer in the City of Rochester, New York.

The plaintiffs are white applicants for the position of police officer who challenge these practices as preferring black, Spanish-surnamed and other non-white persons for such positions...

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