UN. ASS'N OF BLACK LANDSCAPERS v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE

No. 90-1430.

916 F.2d 1261 (1990)

UNITED ASSOCIATION OF BLACK LANDSCAPERS, Eddie Martin, Thomas H. Wynn, Jr., Harold Burris, Lloyd Mayweather, Jose Rosales, Charles Burton, Rufus Powell, John Doe, and Jane Doe, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE, Department of Public Works, Bureau of Forestry, of the City of Milwaukee, Robert Skiera, City Forester for the City of Milwaukee, Richard Meyer, Assistant City Forester for the City of Milwaukee, John Norquist, Mayor for the City of Milwaukee, E. Frank Bridges, President, Board of City Service Commissioners of the City of Milwaukee, and City Service Commission of the City of Milwaukee, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 29, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Sutton, Sutton & Kelly, Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Bruce Schrimpf, Office of the City Atty., Milwaukee, Wis., for defendants-appellees.

Before WOOD, Jr., MANION, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


MANION, Circuit Judge.

Eddie Martin, Thomas Wynn, Jr., and other named and unnamed plaintiffs brought suit individually and as a class against the City of Milwaukee, the City's Bureau of Forestry, and various city employees and agencies, alleging racial discrimination in job promotion and transfer in violation of Title VII, section 1981 and section 1983. The district court, 736 F.Supp. 206, entered summary judgment in favor of...

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