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UNITED STATES v. CITY OF MIAMI, FLA.

No. 77-1856.

614 F.2d 1322 (1980)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA, et al., Defendants-Appellees, Fraternal Order of Police, City of Miami Lodge No. 20, Kenneth R. Harrison, President, and The Miami Police Benevolent Association, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 10, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving Weinsoff, Miami, Fla., for defendants-appellants.

David L. Rose, Squire Padgett, Dept. of Justice, Civ. Rights Div., Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.

George F. Knox, Jr., Miami, Fla., for City of Miami.

Before THORNBERRY, GOLDBERG and GEE, Circuit Judges.

GOLDBERG, Circuit Judge.

Today we have before us a pair of cases involving the interrelationship of "reverse discrimination," affirmative action, and the principles governing consent decrees. In this case, along with the companion case of United States v. City of Alexandria, 614 F.2d 1358 (5th Cir. 1980), we are faced with novel and difficult issues concerning consent decrees negotiated between the federal government and representatives...

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