UNITED STATES v. JEFFERSON COUNTY

Nos. 81-7761, 82-7129.

720 F.2d 1511 (1983)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. JEFFERSON COUNTY, et al., Defendants-Appellees. John W. MARTIN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, et al., Defendants-Appellees. ENSLEY BRANCH OF THE NAACP, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. George SEIBELS, et al., Defendants-Appellees, Birmingham Firefighters Association 117, Proposed Intervenor-Appellant. James A. BENNETT, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Richard ARRINGTON, Jr., etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 20, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William W. Conwell and Raymond P. Fitzpatrick Jr., Foster & Conwell, Birmingham, Ala., for the proposed intervenors-appellants in No. 81-7761 and for the plaintiffs-appellants in No. 82-7129.

William L. Robinson, Stephen L. Spitz, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, D.C.; St. John Barrett, Barnett & Alagia, Washington, D.C.; and Susan W. Reeves, Reeves & Still, Birmingham, Ala.; for plaintiffs-appellees, John W. Martin et al. in No. 81-7761 and for defendants-appellees John W. Martin et al. in No. 82-7129.

Frank W. Donaldson, U.S. Atty., and Caryl P. Privett, Asst. U.S. Atty., Birmingham, Ala.; Wm. Bradford Reynolds, Asst. Atty. Gen. and Robert T. Moore, Richard J. Ritter, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Washington, D.C.; for the plaintiff-appellee United States in No. 81-7761.

James K. Baker, City Atty.; James P. Alexander and Eldridge D. Lacy, Bradley, Arant, Rose and White, Birmingham, Ala.; for the defendant-appellee, City of Birmingham, in both No. 81-7761 and No. 82-7129.

Hubert A. Grissom, Jr., David P. Whiteside, Jr. and Michael Hall, Johnston, Barton, Proctor, Swedlaw and Neff, Birmingham, Ala.; for the defendant-appellee Personnel Bd. of Jefferson County, Ala., in both No. 81-7761 and No. 82-7129.

Before TJOFLAT, FAY and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied January 20, 1984.

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

In January 1974 the Ensley Branch of the NAACP1 and John Martin2 each filed a separate class action complaint in the district court against the Jefferson County, Alabama, Personnel Board (Board) and the City of Birmingham, Alabama (City). They alleged that the Board and the City violated, inter alia, Title VII of the Civil...

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