WAISOME v. PORT AUTHORITY OF N.Y. AND N.J.

Nos. 1321, 1322, Dockets 92-9093L, 92-9171CON.

999 F.2d 711 (1993)

Felix WAISOME, Freddie McMillian, Richard B. Keith, Robert L. Bethea, Ellsworth Corum, Jr., Hilary King, Roderick W. Upshur, Albert Gachett, George Bayley, Hilary A. King, William Preyer, Esq., and Leonard Williams on behalf of themselves and all those similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. PORT AUTHORITY OF NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY, Board of Commissioners, Stephen Berger and Henry Degeneste, Defendants-Appellees, The Port Authority Police Benevolent Association, Incorporated, Defendant-Appellant, Nicholas A. Tagarelli, Charles Torres, Michael Palermo, Anthony Fitzgerald, Frank Heekin & Kenneth Yeglinski, Intervenor-Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 30, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony Cornachio, Mineola, NY (Michael C. Axelrod, Axelrod Cornachio & Famighetti, of counsel), for defendant-appellant The Port Authority Police Benevolent Ass'n, Inc.

Dennis J. Alessi, Newark, NJ (Fox and Fox, of counsel), for intervenor-defendants-appellants.

Eric Schnapper, New York City (Elaine R. Jones, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., Lowell Johnston, of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Carlene V. McIntyre, New York City (Milton H. Pachter, Arthur P. Berg, Philip A. Maurer, James Begley, of counsel), for defendants-appellees The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Before: WINTER and JACOBS, Circuit Judges, and MUKASEY, District Judge.


WINTER, Circuit Judge:

A defendant union and various intervening defendant police officers appeal from Judge Duffy's order approving a Consent Decree resolving two related employment discrimination cases. The complaints in the two cases claimed the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey administered promotional examinations that had disparate impacts on black officers in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 as amended 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e...

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