OTIS v. CITY OF MEMPHIS PARK COM'N

No. 77-1740.

615 F.2d 1151 (1980)

Clarence W. OTIS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF MEMPHIS PARK COMMISSION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided February 21, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

G. Philip Arnold, Ratner, Sugarmon, Lucas, Salky & Henderson, Memphis, Tenn., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Ross B. Clark, II, Clifford D. Pierce, Jr., City Atty., J. Heiskell Weatherford, Canada, Russell & Turner, Memphis, Tenn., for defendant-appellee.

Before EDWARDS, Chief Judge, LIVELY, Circuit Judge, and WISEMAN, District Judge.


PER CURIAM.

The record in this case discloses ample support for the findings of the District Judge's determining that plaintiffs had established a class and that defendant-appellee was guilty of racial discrimination in the hiring of temporary bricklayers, and for his entry of injunctive relief pertaining to future hiring practices and his holding that attorney's fees should be awarded.

Further, our inspection of the record requires vacation of those portions...

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