U.S. v. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO

Nos. C-84-7089 MHP, C-84-1100 MHP.

748 F.Supp. 1416 (1990)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. The CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, et al., Defendants. San Francisco Firefighters Local 798, et al., Defendants, In Intervention. Fontaine DAVIS, et al., Plaintiffs, In Intervention. v. CITY AND COUNTY OF SAN FRANCISCO, et al., Defendants. San Francisco Firefighters Local 798, et al., Defendants, In Intervention.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

September 25, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eva Jefferson Paterson, San Francisco Lawyers' Committee for Urban Affairs, Shauna I. Marshall, Equal Rights Advocates, William C. McNeill, III, Employment Law Center, Denise M. Hulett, Mexican-American Legal Defense & Educational Fund, San Francisco, Cal., Dennis W. Hayashi, Asian Law Caucus, Oakland, Cal., Mary C. Dunlap, Law Offices of Mary C. Dunlap, San Francisco, Cal., Russell Galloway, Berkeley, Cal., Richard M. Pearl, Law Offices of Richard M. Pearl, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs in intervention.

Robert T. Moore, Richard S. Ugelow, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Rights Div., Employment Litigation Section, Washington, D.C., Joann Swanson, Dept. of Justice, San Francisco, Cal., for Dept. of Justice.

Duane W. Reno, Cindy O'Hara-Varela, Davis, Reno & Courtney, San Francisco, Cal., for Firefighters Union, Local No. 798.

Louise K. Renne, City Atty., George Riley, Deputy City Atty., Judy Lynch, Deputy City Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for the City & County of San Francisco.

Barbara Y. Phillips, Rosen & Phillips, San Francisco, Cal., Special Monitor.


OPINION

PATEL, District Judge.

These consolidated actions alleging constitutional and statutory violations arising from racial discrimination and harassment in employment practices were settled pursuant to a Consent Decree filed May 20, 1988. The matter is now before the court on plaintiff-intervenors' motion for an award of attorneys' fees under 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-5(k). Having considered the submissions of the parties, the court awards fees as set forth...

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