Finch v. Peterson

How courts have described this case

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• holding that police lieutenants who alleged they were passed over for a promotion based on their race despite higher rankings on a merit- based “eligibility list” identified a racial classification
• denying qualified immunity defense to city officials who promoted three African-American police lieutenants to the rank of captain over three white police lieutenants
• describing the Consent Decree’s logical framework for increasing the number of African American officers in the ranks of sergeant, lieutenant, and captain, while prohibiting race-based decisions for promotions

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