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CORLEY v. JACKSON POLICE DEPT.

No. 79-3205.

639 F.2d 1296 (1981)

Charlie CORLEY and Levaughn Carter, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. JACKSON POLICE DEPARTMENT, Etc. et al., Defendants-Appellees. Charlie CORLEY and Levaughn Carter, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Russell C. DAVIS, Mayor and Commissioner of the City of Jackson et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A.

March 19, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank R. Parker, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Howard Ross, E. Grady Jolly, Michael Farrell, Jackson, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Before WISDOM, COLEMAN and RANDALL, Circuit Judges.

WISDOM, Circuit Judge:

This is the second time this litigation has come before us. The plaintiffs allege that they were discharged in retaliation for opposing racially discriminatory employment practices, in violation of section 704(a) of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 28 U.S.C. § 2000e-3(a) (1976).1 We reversed an earlier judgment for the defendants because the district court applied an...

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