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

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

788 F.Supp. 1563 (1992)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Sidney Williams, et al., Plaintiffs-Intervenors, v. The CITY OF MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, et al., Defendants, Gordon M. Ledbetter and John D. Shumway, Defendants-Intervenors. Carolyn JORDAN, etc., et al., Plaintiffs, Sandra M. Pierce-Hanna, et al., Plaintiffs-Intervenors, v. John WILSON, etc., et al., Defendants, Gordon M. Ledbetter and John D. Shumway, Defendants-Intervenors.

United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, N.D.

March 19, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Randall C. Morgan, Montgomery, Ala., for City of Montgomery.

Robert D. Segall, Montgomery, Ala., for Montgomery City-County Pers. Bd.

Thomas M. Goggans, Montgomery, Ala., for defendants-intervenors white male police officers of City of Montgomery and Ledbetter.

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

Julian McPhillips, Kenneth Shinbaum, Montgomery, Ala., for Willie Davis.

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 Board.

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 defendants Folmar, Wilson, McGil, Eckerman, Cooper & Duffee.

Julian McPhillips and Kenneth Shinbaum, McPhillips, DeBardelaben & Hawthorne, Montgomery, Ala., for Williams.

Gary E. Atchison, Montgomery, Ala., for plaintiff-intervenor Boyd.

Theron Stokes, Montgomery, Ala., for Atty. Sabel.

Vanzetta McPherson, Montgomery, Ala., for Tommi Alford.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.

In these two long-standing class-action lawsuits, officers in the Police Department of the City of Montgomery, Alabama seek redress for the department's sexually and racially discriminatory employment practices. The defendants to this litigation are the City of Montgomery and its mayor and police chief. This litigation is based on Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended, 42 U.S.C.A. §...

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