FIREFIGHTERS INSTITUTE FOR RACIAL EQUALITY, a corporation; George Baker, Robert D. Morgan, Robert Grady, Sherman George, George Redford Turner, Lawrence L. Britt, Vernon Ammons, Wendell H. Goins, Charles Gay, George E. Horne, William L. Young, Daniel S. Austin, Robert Anderson, John H. Harvey, Joseph P. Hughes, Eugene Stanton, Preston Sims, each Individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Appellants,
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The CITY OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI, a municipal corporation; Division of Fire & Fire Prevention, Department of Public Safety, City of St. Louis, Missouri; Frank C. Cummings, in his capacity as Acting Chairman of the Civil Service Commission of City of St. Louis, Missouri; Fred Gould, in his capacity as a member of the Civil Service Commission, City of St. Louis, Missouri; Charles Marino, in his capacity as Director, Department of Public Safety, City of St. Louis, Missouri; Denis D. Broderick, individually and in his capacity as Fire Chief of the City of St. Louis, Missouri; and R. Elliott Searce, individually and in his capacity as Director of the Department of Personnel, City of St. Louis, Missouri, Appellees, and
Joseph Blessing, Michael Davis, Robert Crowley, David Banta, Andrew Rios, George Hohmann, Don Blackwell, Nick Altmeyer and George Tschlis, each individually and as members of a class; Roland Ralston and William O. Hill, Intervenors-Appellees.
UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, Firefighters Institute for Racial Equality, a corporation; George Baker, Robert D. Morgan, Robert Grady, Sherman George, George Redford Turner, Lawrence L. Britt, Vernon Ammons, Wendell H. Goins, Charles Gay, George E. Horne, William L. Young, Daniel S. Austin, Robert Anderson, John H. Harvey, Joseph P. Hughes, Eugene Stanton, Preston Sims, each individually and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated,
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The CITY OF ST. LOUIS, Missouri, a municipal corporation; Division of Fire & Fire Prevention, Department of Public Safety, City of St. Louis, Missouri; Frank C. Cummings, in his capacity as Acting Chairman of the Civil Service Commission of City of St. Louis, Missouri; Fred Gould, in his capacity as a member of the Civil Service Commission, City of St. Louis, Missouri; Charles Marino, in his capacity as Director, Department of Public Safety, City of St. Louis, Missouri; Denis D. Broderick, individually and in his capacity as Fire Chief of the City of St. Louis, Missouri; R. Elliott Searce, individually and in his capacity as Director of the Department of Personnel, City of St. Louis, Missouri, Appellees, and
Joseph Blessing, Michael Davis, Robert Crowley, David Banta, Andrew Rios, George Hohmann, Don Blackwell, Nick Altmeyer and George Tschlis, each individually and as members of a class; Roland Ralston and William O. Hill, Appellees.
