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ASS'N AGAINST DISCRIMINATION v. CITY OF BRIDGEPORT

Nos. 549, 1103 and 1228, Dockets 79-7650, 79-7652 and 79-7709.

647 F.2d 256 (1981)

ASSOCIATION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION IN EMPLOYMENT, INC., Roosevelt Johnson, Craig Kelly, Charles Herd, Robert Lewis, William Cary, Charles R. Young, Herman Agosto, Harmin Linares, Ismael Pomales, Salvador Perez, and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, v. CITY OF BRIDGEPORT, Nicholas Panuzio, Robert W. Weeks, Jr., Edward F. Daley, Julius Nobili, William G. Pjura, Frank J. Deprinzio, Alan Cohen, Bridgeport Civil Service Commission, Charles E. Porzelt, Andrew Gottfried, Salvatore S. Spadaccino, Charles J. Dougiello, John J. Hannon, John F. Gleason, David Sullivan, William D. Miklus, Albert Schwarz, Bridgeport Board of Fire Commissioners, individually and in their official capacities, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees, and Bridgeport Firefighters for Merit Employment, Inc., Joseph Dicarlo, Thomas Naples, Philip Lynch, Bruno Bressie, Thomas O'Connell, Frank G. Bender, and Robert B. Anderson, Intervenors-Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided April 8, 1981.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 29, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David N. Rosen, New Haven, Conn. (Michael P. Koskoff, Bridgeport, Conn., on brief), for plaintiffs-appellees-cross-appellants.

John J. McNamara, Bridgeport, Conn. (Raymond B. Rubens, Bridgeport, Conn., Bruce A. Nelson, John L. Beers, Steven B. Berlin, Wendy L. Tice-Wallner, Morrison & Foerster, San Francisco, Cal., on brief), for defendants-appellants-cross-appellees.

J. Daniel Sagarin, Bridgeport, Conn. (Harrigan, Hurwitz, Sagarin & Rutkin, P. C., Bridgeport, Conn., on brief), for intervenors-defendants-appellants-cross-appellees.

Steven H. Rosenbaum, Washington, D. C. (U. S. Dept. of Justice, Drew S. Days III, Asst. Atty. Gen., David L. Rose, Washington, D. C., on brief), for United States as amicus curiae.

McGuiness & Williams, Washington, D. C. (Robert E. Williams, Douglas S. McDowell, Washington, D. C., on brief), for Equal Employment Advisory Council as amicus curiae.

Before LUMBARD, VAN GRAAFEILAND and KEARSE, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied May 29, 1981.

KEARSE, Circuit Judge:

This employment discrimination suit, now before this Court for the second time, was commenced in 1975 in the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut on behalf of black and hispanic residents of Bridgeport, Connecticut, against the City of Bridgeport and other individuals responsible for hiring firefighters for the City of Bridgeport (hereinafter collectively the...

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