WILLIAMS v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

Civ. A. No. 73-629.

543 F.Supp. 662 (1982)

Larry WILLIAMS et al. v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS et al.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana.

June 11, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O. Peter Sherwood, New York City, Ronald Wilson, New Orleans, La., for plaintiffs.

Ralph Dwyer, New Orleans, La., for Civil Service Com'n.

Gilbert Buras, New Orleans, La., for City of New Orleans.

Patrick Hugg, New Orleans, La., for Larry Lombas, et al.

Ronda Lustman, Lynne Wasserman, New Orleans, La., for Cindy Duke, et al.

Sidney Bach, New Orleans, La., for Martin Venezia, et al.

Dale C. Wilks, New Orleans, La., for Horace Perez, et al.


SEAR, District Judge.

Larry Williams and twelve other black New Orleans police officers and applicants brought this action in 1973, seeking redress for alleged employment discrimination by the City of New Orleans, the New Orleans Civil Service Commission (CSC) and various municipal and CSC officials. On behalf of a class of similarly situated persons, the plaintiffs asserted that the defendants had violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. §...

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