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BUNCH v. BULLARD

Nos. 84-4793, 85-4423.

795 F.2d 384 (1986)

Roosevelt BUNCH, et al., Plaintiffs, Tom Harris, Walter Cole, Willie James Williams, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants Cross-Appellees, v. Nat BULLARD, Individually and as Mayor of the City of Vicksburg, Mississippi, et al., Defendants-Appellees Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

July 21, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Firnist J. Alexander, Jr., Brown, Alexander & Sanders, Jackson, Miss., for plaintiffs-appellants cross-appellees.

Landman Teller, Jr., Teller, Biedenharn & Rogers, James Chaney, Jr., Vicksburg, Miss., for defendants-appellees cross-appellants.

Before JOLLY and HILL, Circuit Judges, and HUNTER, District Judge.

ROBERT MADDEN HILL, Circuit Judge:

Fourteen black police officers sued the city of Vicksburg, Mississippi, and its officials for allegedly discriminatory employment practices. Vicksburg used a standardized test to assess qualification for promotion, and this test disproportionately impaired the promotional opportunities of blacks on the police force. Because the district court improperly placed the burden upon the plaintiffs to show the job-relatedness of the test...

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