TURNER v. ORR

No. 82-6075.

722 F.2d 661 (1984)

William C. TURNER, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, Mae Chenier, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Verne ORR, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

January 3, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Algia R. Cooper, P.A., Pensacola, Fla., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Samuel A. Alter, Jr., Asst. U.S. Atty., Pensacola, Fla., for defendants-appellees.

Thomas A. Warren, Tallahassee, Fla., for plaintiff's Monitoring Committee.

David W. Kerber, HQ USAF/JACL, Robert S. Greenspan, Dept. of Justice, Mark W. Pennak, Civ. Div., Washington, D.C., for Secretary of the Airforce et al.

Before FAY and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges, and TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.


TUTTLE, Senior Circuit Judge:

The sole issue in this appeal is whether a "special master" appointed pursuant to a consent judgment between the parties to a Title VII discrimination case was in essence an arbitrator whose decisions were intended to be final and to bind the parties, or was a special master under the terms of Fed.R.Civ.P. 53, which provides for review by the district judge of the special master's decisions. For the reasons set forth below we hold that...

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