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BLACK FIRE FIGHTERS ASS'N v. CITY OF DALLAS

No. 92-1947.

19 F.3d 992 (1994)

BLACK FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION OF DALLAS, et al., Plaintiffs, Black Fire Fighters Association of Dallas, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF DALLAS, TEXAS, Defendant, Dallas Fire Fighters Association, Intervening Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 18, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roger Albright, Dallas, TX, for appellants.

Craig Hopkins, Frank J. Garza, Asst. City Attys., Dallas, TX, for amicus curiae—City of Dallas.

Hal Keith Gillespie, David Kohlman Watsky, Gillespie, Rozen & Tanner, Dallas, TX, for appellee.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM and DUHÉ, Circuit Judges, and LITTLE, District Judge.

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

This lawsuit challenges the promotion practices of the Dallas Fire Department as racially discriminatory. The district court rejected a proposed consent decree because a race-conscious remedy it contained could not withstand strict scrutiny. We affirm.

I.

The Black Fire Fighters' Association of Dallas sued the city on behalf of a class of black firefighters who sought...

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