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THAGGARD v. CITY OF JACKSON

Nos. 78-2980, 78-3642.

687 F.2d 66 (1982)

R. D. THAGGARD, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The CITY OF JACKSON, Mississippi, a municipal corporation, et al., Defendants-Appellees. Ronald N. ASHLEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF JACKSON, et al., Defendants-Appellees. R. D. THAGGARD, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF JACKSON, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 19, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dixon L. Pyles, Ronald N. Ashley, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Howard C. Ross, Jr., City Atty., Jackson, Miss., David L. Rose, S. Theodore Merritt, U. S. Dept. of Justice, Employment Sec., Civ. Rights Div., Washington, D. C., Mildred M. Matesich, Jessica Dunsay Silver, Peter C. Canfield, Civ. Rights Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., George Phillips, U. S. Atty., Jackson, Miss., for defendants-appellees.

Before GEE and JOHNSON, Circuit Judges, and VAN PELT, District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 19, 1982.

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

This consolidated action involves two reverse discrimination cases. Plaintiffs in both cases contend that defendants maintain a discriminatory pattern, practice, and policy toward hiring and promotion. Defendants answer that the challenged practices are mandated by three consent decrees entered on March 25, 1975 in the cases of United States v. City of Jackson, Corley v. City...

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