ENSLEY BRANCH OF N. A. A. C. P. v. SEIBELS

No. 77-1819.

616 F.2d 812 (1980)

ENSLEY BRANCH OF the N. A. A. C. P. et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. George SEIBELS et al., Defendants, Personnel Board of Jefferson County, Defendant-Appellant. John W. MARTIN et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, Cross Appellants, v. CITY OF BIRMINGHAM et al., Defendants, Personnel Board of Jefferson County, Defendant-Appellant Cross Appellee. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. JEFFERSON COUNTY et al., Defendants, Personnel Board of Jefferson County, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee. Lucy WALKER et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. JEFFERSON COUNTY HOME et al., Defendants, Personnel Board of Jefferson County, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied June 16, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hubert A. Grissom, Jr., David P. Whiteside, Jr., Birmingham, Ala., for defendant-appellant.

Howard P. Willens, Jay F. Lapin, David R. Johnson, Washington, D. C., for Educational Testing Service.

Susan Williams Reeves, Birmingham, Ala., Michael A. Middleton, Jackson, Miss., Caryl P. Privett, Asst. U. S. Atty., Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Deborah M. Seymour, Joshua D. Rosenberg, Dept. of Justice, Ed. Section, Civil Rts. Div., Washington, D. C., for Lucy Walker.

Robert T. Moore, Employment Section Civil Rts. Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., J. R. Brooks, Jr., U. S. Atty., Birmingham, Ala., Richard M. Sharp, William R. Galeota, Washington, D. C., for John W. Martin et al.

Before GODBOLD, RONEY and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


R. LANIER ANDERSON, III, Circuit Judge:

This case is a consolidation of four separate actions brought by the United States and private parties against the Personnel Board of Jefferson County, Alabama, and other local government agencies. The district court held that the Personnel Board's use of two examinations in screening and certifying candidates for jobs as police officers and firefighters violates Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S...

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