BLACK ASS'N OF NEW ORLEANS F.F. v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS

No. 88-3098.

853 F.2d 347 (1988)

BLACK ASSOCIATION OF NEW ORLEANS FIRE FIGHTERS (BANOFF), Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, A Municipal Corp., Sidney Barthelemy, In His Capacity as Mayor of New Orleans, et al., Defendant-Appellees v. NEW ORLEANS FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION, LOCAL # 632, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 25, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gilbert R. Buras, Jr., Metairie, La., for defendant-appellant.

Ralph D. Dwyer, Jr., New Orleans, La., for N.O. Civil Service Comm.

Okla Jones, II, City Atty., George Blair, III, New Orleans, La., for City of New Orleans, Barthelemy, McCrossen.

Judith Reed, New York City, Marc H. Morial, New Orleans, La., for Black Assoc.

Before THORNBERRY, WILLIAMS and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


JERRE S. WILLIAMS, Circuit Judge:

New Orleans Firefighters Association, Local no. 632, appeals the district court's denial of its motion asking the court to vacate an earlier order restraining the City from promoting firefighters to the rank of captain pending judgment on appellees' civil rights suit alleging discriminatory employment practices. We find that the union had standing to seek modification of the restraining order, and construe the restraining order as...

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