HAMER v. CITY OF ATLANTA

Civ. A. Nos. C75-1809A and C75-2315A.

450 F.Supp. 771 (1978)

William H. HAMER, Harold C. Rosemond, Robert L. Johnson, Roger G. Hodo and Memphis Hodo, Jr., Individually and as members of the class of persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF ATLANTA, the Department of Public Safety of the City of Atlanta, Maynard H. Jackson, Individually and in his capacity as Mayor of the City of Atlanta, A. Reginald Eaves, Individually and in his capacity as Commissioner of Public Safety and P. O. Williams, Individually and in his capacity as Director of the Bureau of Fire Services, severally and jointly, Defendants, International Association of Firefighters, Local 134, Intervening Defendants. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. CITY OF ATLANTA, a Municipal Corporation, A. Reginald Eaves, Public Safety Commissioner of the City of Atlanta, Department of Public Safety, P. O. Williams, Chief, Atlanta Fire Department, Atlanta Fire Department, Defendants, International Association of Firefighters, Local 134, Intervening Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Georgia, Atlanta Division.

February 16, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Antonio L. Thomas, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs in Civ.A.No. C75-1809A.

Ferrin Y. Mathews, City Atty., Isabel Webster, Mary C. Cooney, Asst. City Attys., Atlanta, Ga., for City defendants in Civ.A. Nos. C75-1809A and C75-2315A.

Warren S. Shulman, Atlanta, Ga., for intervening defendants Intern'l Assn. of Firefighters, Local 134, Baker, Gragg and Whitehead.

James S. Angus, Dept. of Justice, Civ. Rights Div., Washington, D. C., for plaintiff in Civ.A.No. C75-2315A.


FINDINGS OF FACT

MOYE, District Judge.

1. On September 3, 1975, William H. Hamer and the other individual plaintiffs herein filed the above-captioned complaint against the City of Atlanta and others, alleging patterns and practices of racial discrimination concerning promotional procedures within the Atlanta Bureau of Fire Services.

2. On December 1, 1975, a similar suit was filed by the plaintiff United States of America against the same defendants...

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