N.A.A.C.P. v. CITY OF MANSFIELD, OHIO

Nos. 87-3216, 87-3287.

866 F.2d 162 (1989)

N.A.A.C.P. (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People); Walter Harris, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, Cross-Appellees, v. CITY OF MANSFIELD, OHIO; William Friend, in his individual capacity and/or as Service Safety Director of Mansfield, Ohio; et al., Defendants-Appellees, and City of Mansfield, Ohio, Defendant-Appellee, Cross-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided January 18, 1989.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward L. Gilbert Co., LPA (argued), Akron, Ohio, Nina M. Najjar, James H. Banks, Columbus, Ohio, for appellants.

Edward C. Kaminski, James D. Kurek (argued), Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, Akron, Ohio, Charles D. Lynch, Asst. Law Director, Louise Busch, In her individual capacity and/or as Chairman of the Civil Service Com'n, Terry Kilgore, In his individual capacity and/or as Past Chairman of the Civil Com'n, Mansfield, Ohio, for appellees.

Before KEITH, MARTIN and RYAN, Circuit Judges.


RYAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an interlocutory appeal and cross-appeal from a pretrial order of a district court granting in part and denying in part plaintiffs' petition for temporary injunctive relief in a case alleging racial discrimination in the process of hiring defendant City's firemen and policemen.

We affirm the district court's order and remand the case for further proceedings.

I.

On March 21, 1986, plaintiffs-appellants N.A.A.C...

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