U.S. v. CITY OF MONTGOMERY, ALA.

Civ. A. Nos. 3739-N, 75-19-N.

744 F.Supp. 1089 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Sidney Williams, et al., Plaintiff-Intervenors, v. The CITY OF MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, et al., Defendants, Gordon M. Ledbetter and John D. Shumway, Defendant-Intervenors. Carolyn JORDAN, etc., et al., Plaintiffs, Sandra M. Pierce-Hanna, et al., Plaintiff-Intervenors, v. John WILSON, etc., et al., Defendants, Gordon M. Ledbetter and John D. Shumway, Defendant-Intervenors.

United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, N.D.

April 9, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marybeth Martin, Employment Litigation Section, Civ. Rights Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff U.S.

Robert D. Segall, Copeland, Franco, Screws & Gill, Montgomery, Ala., for defendants Montgomery City-County Personnel Bd. and Barbara Montoya.

M. Wayne Sabel, Argo, Enslen, Holloway & Sabel, Montgomery, Ala., for plaintiffs-intervenors Sandra Pierce-Hanna, et al.

David M. Smith, Gregory H. Hawley, Maynard, Cooper, Frierson & Gale, Birmingham, Ala., George B. Azar, Azar & Azar, Montgomery, Ala., for defendants. Folmar, Wilson, McGilvray, Eckerman, Cooper and Duffee.

Julian McPhillips, McPhillips, DeBardelaben & Hawthorne, Gary E. Atchison, Montgomery, Ala., for plaintiff-intervenor Boyd.

Thomas M. Goggans, Montgomery, Ala., for defendants-intervenors Gordon Ledbetter, et al.

Kenneth L. Thomas, Thomas, Means & Gillis, and Donald Watkins, Montgomery, Ala., for plaintiffs-intervenors Sidney Williams, et al.

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


MEMORANDUM OPINION

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

These two lawsuits are now before the court on a motion filed by class representatives of all female police officers in the City of Montgomery Police Department, claiming that the recent promotion of six males, but no females, to the rank of captain violated the department's court-ordered interim promotion plan. For reasons that follow, the court finds that the female officers are entitled to appropriate...

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