(DOWNLOAD) "Commonwealth of Pennsylvania And Guardians of Greater Pittsburgh Inc. v. Flaherty" by United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Commonwealth of Pennsylvania And Guardians of Greater Pittsburgh Inc. v. Flaherty
- Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
- Release Date : January 29, 1985
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 70 KB
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Hugh P. Mulvey, Jr. appeals the district courts denial of his motion to intervene in an action challenging the hiring and promotion practices of the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police. This action was filed on February 6, 1975 by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania together with the NAACP and other groups and individuals against the City of Pittsburgh and its officials alleging racial and sexual discrimination in police hiring and promotion in violation of, inter alia, 42 U.S.C. §Â§ 1981 and 1983 and the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution. On December 5, 1975, the district court granted a preliminary injunction requiring, inter alia, that new Pittsburgh police officers be appointed in groups of four, including one white male, one white female, one black male and one black female, from the lists of qualified applicants who passed the 1975 written examinations. Pennsylvania v. Flaherty, 404 F. Supp. 1022, 1031 (W.D. Pa. 1975). Although denominated "interim" relief, the court stated,