United States Eighth Circuit

Summary judgment for defendant on plaintiffs, fire department employees, reverse discrimination claim seeking declaratory injunctive relief and damages against a municipality is reversed where defendant's affirmative action plan, as it applies to promotional decisions, is not narrowly tailored to further the goal of remedying past discrimination.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/01/2006
• Published 05/01/2006

Judges

• WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge., Before WOLLMAN, BYE, and COLLOTON, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Eighth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• John E. Corrigan, argued, Omaha, NE, for appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Wendy E. Hahn, argued, Deputy City Attorney, Omaha, NE, for appellee.