UNITED STATES v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA

Civ. A. Nos. 74-400, 74-339 and 78-1154.

499 F.Supp. 1196 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Rhona Green et al., Applicants for Plaintiff Intervention, v. CITY OF PHILADELPHIA et al., Defendants, Fraternal Order of Police, Defendant-Intervenor. Penelope BRACE, Plaintiff, v. Joseph F. O'NEILL, Police Commissioner et al., Defendants. Lucy SANFORD, Shirley Black, Mari Pritchard, Patricia Sullivan, Carolyn Carter, Brenda Williams and Ernestine McCullough, Plaintiffs, v. Joseph F. O'NEILL et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, E. D. Pennsylvania.

September 30, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William B. Fenton, John M. Gadzichowski, Cathy S. Surace, Dept. of Justice, Civ. Rights Div., Washington, D. C., for plaintiff United States of America.

Alan J. Davis, City Sol., John M. Myers, Deputy City Sol., Philadelphia, Pa., for defendants City of Philadelphia, et al.

Helen T. M. McCaffrey, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiffs Patricia Sullivan, Carolyn Carter and Ernestine McCullough.

Frank Finch, III, Philadelphia, Pa., for Penelope Brace.

Burton Rose, Philadelphia, Pa., for Fraternal Order of Police.

Judith E. Harris, Philadelphia, Pa., for objectors to proposed order.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

WEINER, District Judge.

These actions originated on February 12, 1974, with Penelope Brace's lawsuit, (Brace v. O'Neill et al, C.A. No. 74-339), in which Brace sought reinstatement to her employment as a policewoman,1 to restrain discrimination in police assignments and denial of the opportunity for promotion because of sex.

The United States filed its suit on February 19, 1974 (

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