Larry WILLIAMS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
The CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
April 23, 1984.
April 23, 1984.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
O. Peter Sherwood, New York City, Ronald L. Wilson, New Orleans, La., for Williams.
Gilbert R. Buras, City Atty., Galen Brown, Asst. City Atty., New Orleans, La., for City of New Orleans.
Ralph D. Dwyer, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Civil Service Commission.
Elliott C. Lichtman, Donna R. Lenhoff, Women's Legal Defense Fund, Washington, D.C., for amicus Equal Rights Advocates, et al.
Frank W. Jackson, Supervising Asst. Corp. Cnsl., City of Detroit, Detroit, Mich., for amicus City of Detroit.
Leroy D. Clark, Center for National Policy Review, Catholic University School of Law, Washington, D.C., for amicus Center for National Policy Review & Wm. O. Douglas Inquiry.
Jeffrey C. Martin, Richard M. Sharp, Richard Talbot Seymour, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, Washington, D.C., for amicus Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights.
Herman Schwartz, American University, Washington, D.C., for amicus-Douglas Inquiry.
Kenneth E. Wile, New York City, for amicus Mexican American & Puerto Rican Legal Defense.
Samuel Rabinove, New York City, for amicus-Am. Jewish Committee.
Robert E. Williams, Washington, D.C., for amicus-Equal Emp. Advisory Council.
Dale C. Wilks, argued, New Orleans, La., for intervenors-Perez, Etc.
Sidney Bach, New Orleans, La., for Venezia, et al.
Lynne W. Wasserman, New Orleans, La., for Cindy Duke, et al.
William Bradford Reynolds, argued, Charles J. Cooper, Mark Disler, U.S. Dept. of Justice Civil Rights Div., Washington, D.C., for U.S.A.
Ralph S. Whalen, New Orleans, La., for Lombas, et al.
Before CLARK, Chief Judge, BROWN, WISDOM, GEE, REAVLEY, POLITZ, RANDALL, TATE, JOHNSON, WILLIAMS, GARWOOD, JOLLY and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:
The disposition of this appeal is grounded in the amount of discretion properly given a district court in its decision to enter or disallow a proposed consent decree in a Title VII discrimination suit. We hold that the district court did not abuse its discretion by refusing to approve the proposed consent decree, and we affirm the holding of the district court.
The plaintiffs are a class of black applicants for positions with...
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