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GILBERT v. CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARK.

No. 82-2174.

722 F.2d 1390 (1983)

Johnnie GILBERT, Horace Walters, Andrew Lockhart, Billy O'Donald, Appellants, Julius Bryant, Jack Matlock, Mixie Alexander, Jesse Briscoe, Grady Anthony, Marcella Wilson, Larry Bazzelle, Appellants, v. The CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS, Civil Service Commission of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, Walter E. "Sonny" Simpson, Individually and in his official capacity as Chief of Police of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, and Carlton E. McMullin, Individually and in his official capacity as City Manager of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided November 29, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip J. Duncan, Thomas M. Bramhall, Ralph C. Ohm, Emmanuel Pruitt, Little Rock, Ark., for appellants.

R. Jack Magruder, III, City Atty., City of Little Rock by Carolyn B. Witherspoon, House, Holmes & Jewell, P.A. by Philip K. Lyon and Kathryn D. Holt, Little Rock, Ark., for appellees.

Before ROSS and McMILLIAN, Circuit Judges, and COLLINSON, Senior District Judge.

McMILLIAN, Circuit Judge.

Johnnie Gilbert and ten other black police officers presently or formerly employed by the Little Rock Police Department appeal from a final judgment entered in the District Court1 for the Eastern District of Arkansas denying them relief on their individual claims of racial discrimination in the Police Department's promotional practices and work atmosphere. Appellees...

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