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UNITED BLACK FIREFIGHTERS OF NORFOLK v. HIRST

No. 78-1543.

604 F.2d 844 (1979)

UNITED BLACK FIREFIGHTERS OF NORFOLK et al., Appellants, v. Julian F. HIRST et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided August 29, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony W. Robinson, Baltimore, Md. (Singleton, Dashiell & Robinson, P. A., Kenneth L. Johnson of Johnson & Smith, P. A., Baltimore, Md., and James F. Gay, Norfolk, Va., on the briefs), for appellants.

Harold P. Juren, Norfolk, Va. (Philip R. Trapani, City Atty., R. Barrow Blackwell, Asst. City Atty., Norfolk, Va., on the brief), for appellees.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, BREITENSTEIN, Senior Circuit Judge, and RUSSELL, Circuit Judge.

BREITENSTEIN, Circuit Judge:

This race discrimination suit asserts violations of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983, and 2000e et seq. by various officials of the City of Norfolk, Virginia. The appeal attacks the dismissal of the amended complaint. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

The individual plaintiffs-appellants consist of two groups. The first includes unsuccessful applicants for employment with the Norfolk Fire Department, and the second is composed...

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