United States v. City of Buffalo

Decided August 1, 1978. John Thomas Curtin wrote the opinion for the court.

457 F. Supp. 612 · Cited 59 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Griggs v. Duke Power Co. · 401 U.S. 424
• Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Wetzel · 424 U.S. 737
• League of United Latin American Citizens v. City of Santa Ana · 410 F. Supp. 873
• United States v. City of Chicago · 411 F. Supp. 218
• Castro v. Beecher · 334 F. Supp. 930
• LeBlanc v. Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Co. · 333 F. Supp. 602
• Ridinger v. General Motors Corporation · 325 F. Supp. 1089
• Smith v. City of East Cleveland · 363 F. Supp. 1131
• United States v. United States Steel Corporation · 371 F. Supp. 1045
• Dozier v. Chupka · 395 F. Supp. 836
• Harrington v. Vandalia-Butler Board of Education · 418 F. Supp. 603
• Arnold v. Ballard · 390 F. Supp. 723

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• Baker v. City of Detroit · 483 F. Supp. 930
• Bridgeport Guardians, Inc. v. Delmonte · 553 F. Supp. 601
• Brown v. New Haven Civil Service Board · 474 F. Supp. 1256
• Fahn v. Cowlitz County · 610 P.2d 857
• West Virginia Human Rights Commission v. United Transportation Union · 167 W. Va. 282
• Price v. Civil Service Commission · 604 P.2d 1365
• Eugene Margerum v. City of Buffalo · 24 N.Y.3d 721
• Nweke v. Prudential Insurance Co. of America · 25 F. Supp. 2d 203
• Harris v. White · 479 F. Supp. 996
• Police Officers for Equal Rights v. CITY OF COL. · 644 F. Supp. 393
• Young v. Sedgwick County, Kan. · 660 F. Supp. 918
• Baker v. City of Detroit · 483 F. Supp. 919
• Gay v. WAITERS'AND DAIRY LUNCHMEN'S UNION, LOCAL NO. 30 · 489 F. Supp. 282
• United States v. City of Buffalo · 721 F. Supp. 463
• Aguilera v. Cook County Police & Corrections Merit Board · 582 F. Supp. 1053
• United States v. City of Buffalo · 609 F. Supp. 1252
• United States v. City of Yonkers · 609 F. Supp. 1281
• In Re Howards Appliance Corp. · 91 B.R. 208
• United States v. City of Buffalo · 472 F. Supp. 478
• W. Va. Hr Com'n v. United Transp., Etc. · 280 S.E.2d 653
• Patterson v. UNITED FEDERATION OF TCHRS., ETC. · 480 F. Supp. 550
• Vulcan Soc., Etc. v. Fire Dept., Etc. · 505 F. Supp. 955

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