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GILBERT v. CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARK.

No. 85-1823.

799 F.2d 1210 (1986)

Johnnie GILBERT, Horace Walters, Andrew Lockhart and Billy O'Donald, Appellants, v. CITY OF LITTLE ROCK, ARKANSAS; the Civil Service Commission of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; Walter E. "Sonny" Simpson, Individually and in his official capacity as Chief of Police of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas; and Carlton E. McMullin, Individually and in his official capacity as City Manager of the City of Little Rock, Arkansas, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided August 28, 1986.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 30, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip J. Duncan, Little Rock, Ark., for appellants.

Philip K. Lyon, Little Rock, Ark., for appellees.

Before HEANEY, Circuit Judge, FLOYD R. GIBSON, Senior Circuit Judge, and FAGG, Circuit Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 30, 1986.

HEANEY, Circuit Judge.

Eleven black police officers appeal from a district court judgment dismissing their Title VII complaint alleging racially discriminatory promotion policies. We reverse.

I. BACKGROUND

On September 27, 1978, Johnnie Gilbert, Horace Walters, Andrew Lockhart, and Billy O'Donald filed a complaint in district court against...

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