JILES v. INGRAM

No. 90-1764.

944 F.2d 409 (1991)

Michael JILES, Appellee, v. Keith INGRAM, Mayor of West Memphis; City of West Memphis; Appellant, West Memphis Fire Department; Mack Holmes, Individually, and as Chief of the West Memphis (Arkansas) Fire Department; Appellant. Mike Hardage; Forrest Dunlap; William Dunlap; William Burnett; Richard Linsky; Sam Lehr; Al Boals; Prichard Horton; Joe Brasfield; Roberta Jackson; James E. Cooper, Rev. James E. Cooper.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided September 5, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terry R. Ballard, North Little Rock, Ark., argued (David C. Peeples, West Memphis, Ark., on the brief), for appellant.

Roy C. Lewellen, Marianna, Ark., argued (Mark Burnette, Little Rock, Ark., on the brief), for appellee.

Before FAGG and LOKEN, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, District Judge.


LOKEN, Circuit Judge.

The City of West Memphis, Arkansas, and its Fire Chief, Mack Holmes, appeal the district court's1 judgment in favor of Michael Jiles, a black firefighter, after a court trial of his Title VII discriminatory discharge claim. Appellants argue that the district court's ultimate finding of discriminatory discharge is inconsistent with its finding that the individual defendants did not intentionally discriminate. Finding...

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