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COTA v. TUCSON POLICE DEPT.

No. CIV. 85-544-TUC-WDB.

783 F.Supp. 458 (1992)

Juanita COTA, Claude D. Ralls, Joe Godoy, Rosemary Pacheco, Lucille C. Valdez, Berta Valenzuela, and Latin American Law Enforcement Association ("LALEA"), Plaintiffs, v. TUCSON POLICE DEPARTMENT, City of Tucson, a political subdivision of the State of Arizona; and the Civil Service of the City of Tucson, Defendants. Rudy MONTENEGRO, Intervenor, v. TUCSON POLICE DEPARTMENT, City of Tucson, a political subdivision of the State of Arizona; and the Civil Service of the City of Tucson, Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Arizona.

Amended February 5, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard M. Martinez, E. Richard Larson, Esteban Lizardo, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educ. Fund, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs.

Law Offices of Gabroy, Rollman & Bossé, P.C., John Gabroy, Lyle D. Aldridge, Tucson, Ariz., for defendants.

OPINION AND ORDER

STATEMENT OF THE CASE

WILLIAM D. BROWNING, Chief Judge.

This case involves individual and classwide claims by Plaintiffs, Hispanic Spanish-speaking employees, civilian and commissioned, alleging that the practices of the Tucson Police Department ("TPD") are discriminatory in that TPD requires its Hispanic Spanish-speaking employees to use their Spanish-speaking skills on the job without...

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