DETROIT FIRE FIGHTERS ASS'N, LOCAL NO. 344 v. DIXON

Nos. 76-1901 to 76-1903.

572 F.2d 557 (1978)

DETROIT FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION, LOCAL NO. 344, I. A. F. F., Earl J. Berry, Joseph L. Diefenbach, John Hemeyer and Leonard Balcer, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Samuel DIXON, John King, William Foster, et al., and Napoleon Howard, III, et al., Intervening Defendants-Appellants. DETROIT FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION, LOCAL NO. 344, I. A. F. F., Earl J. Berry, Joseph L. Diefenbach, John Hemeyer and Leonard Balcer, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF DETROIT, Coleman A. Young, Melvin D. Jefferson, Philip Gorak, Denise J. Lewis, James R. Lewis, Norris B. Hood, Sr., Kathleen McCree, individually and in their official capacity, and Civil Service Commission of Detroit, Defendants-Appellants. DETROIT FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION, LOCAL NO. 344, I. A. F. F., Earl J. Berry, Joseph L. Diefenbach, John Hemeyer and Leonard Balcer, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Napoleon HOWARD, III and Ray F. Owens, Intervening Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided March 24, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Andary, Hall & Andary, Detroit, Mich., for intervening defendants-appellants in 76-1901.

Theodore Sachs, Marston, Sachs, Nunn, Kates & Kadushin & O'Hare, Detroit, Mich., for all plaintiffs-appellees.

Kermit G. Bailer, Nansi Irene Rowe, Anna J. Diggs, David H. Fink, Detroit, Mich., for defendants-appellants.

John R. Runyan, Jr., Beer, Boltz & Bennia, Bloomfield Hills, Mich., for intervening defendants-appellants in 76-1903.

Before PHILLIPS, Chief Judge, and CELEBREZZE and MERRITT, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

The defendants below include, among others, the City of Detroit, its Mayor, Fire Commissioner, Personnel Director, and Civil Service Commission, and the intervening defendants are black firemen employed by the City of Detroit. They appeal from an order of the District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan issuing a preliminary injunction restraining the original defendants from putting into effect "an official bulletin" of the Detroit Fire Commissioner...

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