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PARADISE v. PRESCOTT

Nos. 84-7053, 84-7564.

767 F.2d 1514 (1985)

Phillip PARADISE, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, United States of America, Plaintiff-Amicus Curiae-Appellee, Cross-Appellant, v. Byron PRESCOTT, as Director of the Alabama Department of Public Safety, Defendant-Appellant, Cross-Appellee, V.E. McClellan, et al., Defendants-Intervenors, Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 12, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward L. Hardin, Jr., Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Theresa Jo. Hanson, Birmingham, Ala., for Alabama Dept. of Public Safety.

James S. Ward, Birmingham, Ala., for V.E. McClellan, et al.

Louise A. Lerner, William Bradford Reynolds, Walter W. Barnett, Civil Rights Div., Washington, D.C., for U.S. Dept. of Justice.

John C. Bell, U.S. Atty., Kenneth E. Vines, Asst. U.S. Atty., Montgomery, Ala., Charles J. Cooper, Deputy Asst. Atty. Gen., Alexandria, Va., for amicus curiae U.S.

Dennis N. Balske, Montgomery, Ala., for Phillip Paradise, et al.

Daniel J. Leffell, Robert D. Joffe, New York City, for amici curiae Lawyer's Committee for Civil Rights under Law and NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc.

Before FAY and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges, and GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM:

In 1972, then Chief District Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr., found that the Alabama Department of Public Safety (the Department) "engaged in a blatant and continuous pattern and practice of" discriminating against blacks in hiring. NAACP v. Allen, 340 F.Supp. 703 (M.D.Ala.1972), aff'd, 493 F.2d 614 (5th Cir.1974). Thirteen years later, the unfortunate effects of that unconstitutional...

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