Marshall v Holmes Brief of Appellants
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January 8, 1974

33 pages
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Brief Collection, LDF Court Filings. Marshall v Holmes Brief of Appellants, 1974. cc456814-bd9a-ee11-be36-6045bdeb8873. LDF Archives, Thurgood Marshall Institute. https://ldfrecollection.org/archives/archives-search/archives-item/759e9cf2-f6d3-4436-bf6c-00422d85d18b/marshall-v-holmes-brief-of-appellants. Accessed July 01, 2025.
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For immediate release For further information: Friday, October 12, 1979 Beth Lief or Peter Sherwood (212) 586-8397 NAACP LEGAL DEFENSE FUND SCORES 2ND MAJOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION VICTORY IN DETROIT POLICE CASES New York, N.Y. - The NAACP Legal Defense Fund won a unanimous opinion in the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit which over- turned a lower court decision that had struck down the affirmative action policy adopted by the Cityfor the Detroit Police Department. The case - known as the sergeant's case —- was one of two legal challenges by the white-dominated Detroit police officer union to the affirmative action plan adopted by Detroit Mayor Coleman A. Young in 1974 to benefit blacks who had been discriminated against in the past by the Police Department. Prior to LDF's involvement the City lost the case in the trial court. Today's decision came just twelve days after LDF won the other Detroit police case - the "lieutenants" case - after a lengthy trial in the District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan. The white police officers who brought the suit had charged that the plan violated the federal and state fair employment acts, and the U. S. and Michigan Constitutions. Jack Greenberg, Director-Counsel of the NAACP Legal Defense Fund, said that the cases, taken together, represent a major and significant advance in strengthening and defending affirmative action generally. "They will aid other eities and municipalities in devising and implementing affirmative action pro- grams that will stand the test of litigation." Editors: The NAACP LegaksDefense» Fund isenot part of thé National “Association for the Advancement of Colored People. ~30- F RASTERN GENERALLY. 1ON ae ta ua HPL i