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STOTTS v. MEMPHIS FIRE DEPT.

No. 86-5511.

858 F.2d 289 (1988)

Carl W. STOTTS, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Fred L. Jones, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. MEMPHIS FIRE DEPARTMENT, Robert W. Walker; City of Memphis; and Joseph Sabatini, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided September 23, 1988.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied December 6, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis P. Britt, III (argued), Clifford D. Pierce, Jr., Charles V. Holmes, Memphis, Tenn., for defendants-appellants.

Richard B. Fields (argued), Cox and Fields, Memphis, Tenn., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before MERRITT and RYAN, Circuit Judges; and CONTIE, Senior Circuit Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied December 6, 1988.

RYAN, Circuit Judge.

Defendant Memphis Fire Department appeals from the issuance of a permanent injunction reinstating Jesse Jones, Jr. to the rank of captain and enjoining the Department from demoting Jones for his involvement in a November 21, 1983, fight with former lieutenant Tom Boillot. Following the fight, the Department demoted both Jones, who is black, and Boillot, who is white, to the rank...

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