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COTTER v. CITY OF BOSTON

No. CIV.A.99-11101-WGY.

193 F.Supp.2d 323 (2002)

Winifred N. COTTER, Vincent J. Difazio, John P. Doris, William J. Dwan, William G. Knecht, Michael Locke, Patrick L. Murphy, and Thomas L. Sexton, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF BOSTON, Defendant, and Massachusetts Association of Minority Law Enforcement Officers, Dennis A. White, and Harold White, Defendant-Intervenors.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

March 21, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nadine M. Cohen, Michael C. McLaughlin, Boston, MA, for Plaintiffs.

Boston Police Department Office of the Legal Advisor, Rubin & Rudman, Rory J. Fitzpatrick, Irene C. Freidel, Andrew C. Glass, Kirkpatrick & Lockhart LLP, Ginny Sinkel, Office of the Attorney General, Mary Jo Harris, Boston, MA, Robert L. Quinan, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, Government Bureau, Boston, MA, for Defendants.

Rheba Rutkowski, Bingham, Dana & Gould, Scott P. Lweis, Paige Scott Reed, Palmer & Dodge LLP, Boston, MA, for Interested Party.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

YOUNG, Chief Judge.

I. INTRODUCTORY BACKGROUND

This is a case of alleged racial discrimination. Such cases come in two types.

The first involves allegations of public or private racial discrimination which are denied. While such cases give rise to complex problems of proof, the duty of a court once racial discrimination is established is clear and undoubted—to extirpate racial discrimination root and branch...

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