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CORLEY v. JACKSON POLICE DEPT.

No. 78-3795.

755 F.2d 1207 (1985)

Charlie CORLEY and Levaughn Carter, Individually, etc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. JACKSON POLICE DEPARTMENT, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees, R.D. Thaggard, et al., Applicants for Intervention-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 29, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald N. Ashley, Jackson, Miss., for applicants for intervention-appellants.

John E. Stone, City Atty., George Phillips, U.S. Atty., Jackson, Miss., Frank R. Parker, Jeffery C. Martin, Washington, D.C., for appellees.

Before POLITZ, GARWOOD and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

POLITZ, Circuit Judge:

On this appeal we must determine whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying appellants' motion to intervene in a Title VII suit in which a consent decree was entered on March 25, 1974. Finding appellants' action untimely, we affirm.

Facts

The litigation at the core of this appeal began in January 1973 when Corley and Carter, former black police officers in Jackson...

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