UNITED STATES v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE

Civ. A. Nos. 74-C-480, 74-C-318, 74-C-368.

441 F.Supp. 1377 (1977)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE, a Municipal Corporation, Harold A. Breier, Chief of Police, City of Milwaukee Police Department, William Stamm, Chief, City of Milwaukee Fire Department, Marjorie L. Marshall, Charles W. Mentkowski, Richard Block, John Giacomo and William I. Gore, Commissioners, City of Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission, Defendants. Loren J. WASHINGTON, Individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Richard BLOCK, John Giacomo, William I. Gore, Marjorie Marshall and Charles W. Mentkowski, Individually and in their official capacities as members of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners of the City of Milwaukee, and their Agents, Employees, Successors in Office, Assistants, and all others acting in concert or cooperation with them or at their direction or under their control, Defendants. NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR the ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE, Milwaukee Branch, Rafael Cruz, Gregory Davis, Stanley Davis, Larry G. Greenhill, Hubert Harris, Albert C. Manns, Sherman Moore, Jr., David Ybaney, Edward G. Wells, Willie E. Williams, Individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. Richard BLOCK, John Giacomo, William I. Gore, Marjorie Marshall and Charles W. Mentkowski, Individually and in their official capacities as members of the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners of the City of Milwaukee, and their Agents, Employees, Successors in Office, Assistants, and all others acting in concert or cooperation with them or at their direction or under their control, Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Wisconsin.

December 20, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Mulligan, U. S. Atty., Milwaukee, Wis., Teresa M. Holland, Dept. of Justice, Civ. Rights Div., Employment Section, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff U. S.

Jeffery R. Myer, Richard M. Klein, Larry Farris, Legal Action of Wisconsin, Inc., Milwaukee, Wis., Patrick O. Patterson, New York City, for plaintiff Loren Washington, individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated.

Richard D. Hicks and Daniel L. Shneidman, Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiffs N. A. A. C. P., Milwaukee Branch, Rafael Cruz, Gregory Davis, Stanley Davis, Larry G. Greenhill, Hubert Harris, Albert C. Manns, Sherman Moore, Jr., David Ybaney, Edward G. Wells, Willie E. Williams, individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated.

James B. Brennan, City Atty., by Maurice L. Markey, Asst. City Atty., Milwaukee, Wis., for all defendants.


DECISION AND ORDER

REYNOLDS, Chief Judge.

In the complaint in United States of America v. City of Milwaukee, No. 74-C-480, the plaintiff alleged that the defendants were engaged in a pattern or practice of discrimination based on race and sex with respect to employment opportunities within the Milwaukee Fire and Police Departments, in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., as amended by the Equal Employment...

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