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

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

755 F.Supp. 1522 (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.

June 29, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marybeth Martin, Philip Eure, Employment Litigation Section, Civil Rights Div., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff.

Thomas M. Goggans, Montgomery, Ala., for white male police officers of the City of Montgomery.

Donald Watkins, Kenneth L. Thomas, Massey, Means & Thomas, Montgomery, Ala., for Williams, et al.

Julian McPhillips, Kenneth Shinbaum, McPhillips, DeBardelaben & Hawthorne, Montgomery, Ala., for Willie Davis re challenge to appointment.

Vanzetta McPherson, Montgomery, Ala., for Tommi Alford re challenge to appointment.

J. Richard Cohen, Southern Poverty Law Ctr., M. Wayne Sabel, Argo, Enslen, Holloway & Sabel, Montgomery, Ala., for Pierce-Hanna & Oyler.

Robert C. Black, Randall C. Morgan, Hill, Hill, Carter, Franco, Cole & Black, Montgomery, Ala., for all defendants except Wade L. Moss and Montgomery City-County Personnel Bd.

Robert D. Segall, Copeland, Franco, Screws & Gill, Montgomery, Ala., for Wade L. Moss and Montgomery City-County Personnel Bd.

George B. Azar, Azar & Azar, Montgomery, Ala., for Folmar, Wilson, McGilvray, Eckerman, Cooper & Duffee.

Gary E. Atchison, Montgomery, Ala., for Boyd.

Theron Stokes, Montgomery, Ala., for Atty. Sabel re attys. fees.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

In these two cases, Lieutenant Tommi Lee Alford claims that the City of Montgomery Police Department's refusal to promote her to captain was retaliatory and in violation of the department's court-ordered interim promotion plan. Based on the evidence presented at a hearing on June 5, 1990, the court holds that Alford's claim has merit and that she is thus...

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