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REEVES v. WILKES

No. 84-8022.

754 F.2d 965 (1985)

James REEVES, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, James A. Harrell, James B. Dean, Jr., and others, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellees, v. Ray WILKES, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied April 15, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Steele, Jr., Macon, Ga., for plaintiffs-appellants.

O. Hale Almand, Jr., Macon, Ga., for Wilkes and Civ. Ser.

Carey P. DeDeyn, Thomas M. Byrne, Atlanta, Ga., Manley F. Brown, Macon, Ga., for intervenors.

Before HENDERSON and HATCHETT, Circuit Judges, and NICHOLS, Senior Circuit Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied April 15, 1985.

HATCHETT, Circuit Judge:

In this employment discrimination case we must determine whether the district court erred in allowing intervention several years after entry of a consent decree and implementation of a remedial plan. Finding error, we reverse.

On March 24, 1978, James Reeves, a black male employed as a deputy sheriff in the Bibb County Sheriff's Department, commenced this litigation. On...

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