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JORDAN v. WILSON

No. 87-7398.

851 F.2d 1290 (1988)

Carolyn M. JORDAN, individually and on behalf of all persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Sandra M. Pierce, individually and on behalf of all persons similarly situated, Plaintiff-Intervenor, Appellees, v. John WILSON, Emory Folmar, and the City of Montgomery, Alabama, Defendants-Appellants, Charles Swindall, etc., et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

August 8, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Black, Hill, Hill, Carter, Franco, Cole & Black, Randall Morgan, Montgomery, Ala., for defendants-appellants.

Gregory B. Stein, Mobile, Ala., M. Wayne Sabel, J. Richard Cohen, Southern Poverty Law Center, Montgomery, Ala., for Sandra M. Pierce and Joyce S. Oyler.

Before KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge, HENDERSON and HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

John Wilson, the Chief of the Montgomery, Alabama Police Department, and Emory Folmar, the Mayor of the city of Montgomery, appeal the order of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Alabama finding them in civil contempt in a case growing out of charges of sex discrimination. We reverse.

This appeal adds another chapter to a saga that commenced over a decade ago. This case began in 1975 when Carolyn Jordan, representing a...

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