FIREFIGHTERS INC. FOR RACIAL EQUALITY v. BACH

Nos. 82-1612, 82-1613 and 82-1687.

731 F.2d 664 (1984)

FIREFIGHTERS INCORPORATED FOR RACIAL EQUALITY, a Colorado non-profit corporation, Frank E. Quintana, Fred H. Fernandez, Andrew Archuleta, Richard Nuanes, Jose F. Archuleta, Phil Apodaca, Ernest B. Arellano, Karl Cordova, Leonard V. Cardenas, James Hicks, Michael Ramos, L.M. Cruz, Raymond Gabaldon, Richard DeHerrera, Nick Nuanes, Richard L. Roach, John P. Drogheo, Onesimo Cole and Margarito Franco, Plaintiffs-Appellees/Cross-Appellants, v. Ted BACH, Oswald C. Abernethy, Jesse Manzanares, individually and as Commissioners of the City and County of Denver Civil Service Commission, Merle K. Wise, individually and as Chief of the Fire Department for the City and County of Denver, and The City and County of Denver, Defendants-Appellants/Cross-Appellees, Dan Cronin, individually and as Manager of Safety of the City and County of Denver, Defendant, Denver Firefighters Local 858, International Association of Fire Fighters AFL-CIO, CLC, Robert Bendixon, Ron Green, Wayne Riegel, Thomas P. Montoya and David L. Larson, Intervenors-Appellants/Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

April 3, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darlene M. Ebert, Asst. City Atty., Denver, Colo. (Max P. Zall, City Atty., and Geoffrey S. Wasson, Asst. City Atty., Denver, Colo., with her on the brief), for defendants-appellants/cross-appellees.

Walter C. Brauer, III, of Brauer, Simons & Buescher, P.C., Denver, Colo., for intervenors-appellants/cross-appellees.

Paul A. Baca, Denver, Colo., for plaintiffs-appellees/cross-appellants.

Before SETH, Chief Judge, McKAY, Circuit Judge, and BOHANON, District Judge.


McKAY, Circuit Judge.

This is an employment discrimination action. Defendants1 appeal the trial court's judgment, 522 F.Supp. 1120, that the promotion practices of the Denver City Fire Department have a discriminatory impact on minority firefighters. The trial court, without determining whether the complained practices were part of a bona fide seniority or...

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