UNITED BLACK FIREFIGHTERS ASS'N v. CITY OF AKRON

No. 91-3472.

976 F.2d 999 (1992)

UNITED BLACK FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION; Oscar Williams, Jr.; David Gurley, Sr.; Johnnie W. Player, Jr.; Henry L. Lewis, Jr.; Lee C. Bethune; and Michael Harvey, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CITY OF AKRON; Civil Service Commissioners for the City of Akron; Akron Fire Chief Romanoski; Donald Plusquellic, Mayor, City of Akron; and Richard Pamley, Defendants-Appellees, Akron Firefighters Association (AFL-CIO), Local 330, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided September 30, 1992.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied December 29, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia A. Rubright (argued and briefed), Director of Law, Edward L. Gilbert (argued and briefed), Akron, Ohio, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Kathryn W. Pascover, Director of Law, Akron, Ohio, for defendants-appellees.

William C. Moul, Thompson, Hine & Flory, Columbus, Ohio (argued and briefed), for defendant-appellant.

Before: MILBURN and RYAN, Circuit Judges; and ZATKOFF, District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied December 29, 1992.

ZATKOFF, District Judge.

Defendant-appellant Akron Firefighters Association, AFL-CIO, Local 330 ("Local 330") appeals the district court's order approving a consent decree between plaintiff-appellee United Black Firefighters Association ("UBFA") and defendant-appellee City of Akron ("City"). The consent decree will increase the percentage of black firefighter/medics who are promoted to the position...

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