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STOTTS v. MEMPHIS FIRE DEPT.

Nos. 81-5348, 81-5349.

679 F.2d 541 (1982)

Carl W. STOTTS, Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Fred L. Jones, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MEMPHIS FIRE DEPARTMENT; Robert W. Walker, City of Memphis, and Joseph Sabatini, Defendants-Appellants, and Firefighters Local Union 1784, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 7, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clifford D. Pierce, Jr., City Atty., Louis P. Britt III, McKnight, Hudson, Lewis & Henderson, Allen S. Blair, James R. Newsom III, Hanover, Waldh, Jalenak & Blair, Memphis, Tenn., for defendants-appellants.

Richard B. Fields, Ratner & Sugarmon, Memphis, Tenn., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before KEITH and MARTIN, Circuit Judges, and DUNCAN, District Judge.

KEITH, Circuit Judge.

This case presents questions regarding the entry and modification of a consent decree in an employment discrimination case. In 1977, Plaintiff-appellee Carl Stotts filed a class action against the City of Memphis, alleging that the Fire Department's hiring and promotion policies were racially discriminatory. After three years of discovery and intensive negotiations, the Stotts suit was settled by a consent decree in 1980 ("1980 Decree"). No trial...

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