EDWARDS v. CITY OF HOUSTON

Nos. 93-2315, 93-2476.

78 F.3d 983 (1996)

Dorothy A. EDWARDS; Afro-American Police Officers League; Houston Police Organization of Spanish Speaking Officers; Lionel Aaron; Bennie Conway; Clement B. Crosby, Jr.; Jose A. Garcia; Richard C. Garcia; Maria L. Guillory; Anthony R. Jammer; Charles A. McClelland; Silas Montgomery, Jr.; Clyde Phillpot; Carl Wayne Reed; Richard M. Spencer; Bruce D. Williams; Plaintiffs-Appellees, Terry Hughes, individually and as a representative of the Houston Airport Police Officers Association and its Officers and Sergeants of the former Airport Police Force, Houston Police Patrolmen's Union, and the Individual Peace Officers Identified in Appendix A, an affiliate of the International Union of Police Associations AFL-CIO, Local 109; Haril Walpole; Frank L. Adamek; Joe M. Aldaco; William E. Baker; T. Barankowski; Jerry A. Briscoe; Ronnie P. Brooks; Gregory P. Countie; J. Devereux; Russell Feussel; Barbara Gastmyer; James Klein; Donald Klepac; Steven McCreary; Donnie Pardue; James Pritchard; L.N. Rackley; J.R. Roberts; Jackie Shallington; Dennis Spradlin; Stanley Stephens; B.G. Willoughby; Thomas Zielinski; Jeffrey E. Bickel; Monty T. Bradney; Norman E. Graham; Jeffrey L. Hatfield; Roy P. Moody; Arthur Osborne; Cheri A. Page; Vincent C. Russo; W.J. Wissel, Jr.; Movants-Appellants, Herman L. Mar; Lily M. Yep; Norman Wong; Sonny N. La; John Lei; John Chen; Phoung T. Nguyen; Michael H. Gee; Steven Lee; Mailow Seto; Jimmy S.C. Chau; Peter B. Dahlman; Movants, Andrew L. Kelley; Anthony Comeaux; Robert L. Crane; James L. Dotson; Barbara J. Ellison; Steven Funderburk; Donald R. Hardy; John R. McDonald; Alvin V. Young, Sr., Consolidated Plaintiffs, Willie Fields; Bennie L. Green; Richard Humphrey; McLoy Medlock; Consolidated Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF HOUSTON, Defendant-Appellee. Dorothy A. EDWARDS; Afro-American Police Officers League; Houston Police Organization of Spanish Speaking Officers; Lionel Aaron; Bennie Conway; Clement B. Crosby, Jr.; Jose A. Garcia; Richard C. Garcia; Maria L. Guillory; Anthony R. Jammer; Charles A. McClelland; Silas Montgomery, Jr.; Clyde Phillpot; Carl Wayne Reed; Richard M. Spencer; Bruce D. Williams; Plaintiffs-Appellees, Houston Police Patrolmen's Union, and the Individual Peace Officers Identified in Appendix A, an affiliate of the International Union of Police Associations AFL-CIO, Local 109; Haril Walpole; Frank L. Adamek; Joe M. Aldaco; William E. Baker; T. Barankowski; Jerry A. Briscoe; Ronnie P. Brooks; Gregory P. Countie; J. Devereux; Russell Feussel; Barbara Gastmyer; James Klein; Donald Klepac; Steven McCreary; Donnie Pardue; James Pritchard; L.N. Rackley; J.R. Roberts; Jackie Shallington; Dennis Spradlin; Stanley Stephens; B.G. Willoughby; Thomas Zielinski; Jeffrey E. Bickel; Monty T. Bradney; Norman E. Graham; Jeffrey L. Hatfield; Roy P. Moody; Arthur Osborne; Cheri A. Page; Vincent C. Russo; W.J. Wissel, Jr.; Movants-Appellants, and Andrew L. Kelley; Anthony Comeaux; Robert L. Crane; James L. Dotson; Barbara J. Ellison; Steven Funderburk; Donald R. Hardy; John R. McDonald; Alvin V. Young, Sr.; Consolidated Plaintiffs, Willie Fields; Bennie Green; Richard Humphrey; McLoy Medlock; Consolidated Plaintiffs-Appellants, Terry Hughes, individually and as a representative of the Houston Airport Police Officers Association and its officers and sergeants of the former Airport Police Force; Herman L. Mar; Lily M. Yep; Norman Wong; Sonny N. La; John Lei; John Chen; Phuong T. Nguyen; Michael H. Gee; Steven Lee; Mailow Seto; Jimmy S.C. Chau; Peter B. Dahlman; Movants, v. CITY OF HOUSTON, Defendant-Appellee, Doug Elder; Mark W. Clark; Movants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 1, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sharon Rachel Vinick, Washington, D.C., Richard T. Seymour, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, DC, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Joan M. Lucci Bain, Bain & Bain, Houston, TX, Stuart M. Nelkin, Nelkin & Nelkin, Houston, TX, for movants-appellants.

Michael M. Essmyer, Essmyer & Associates, Houston, TX, for Terry Hughes.

Pauline Ng Lee, Houston, TX, for movants.

Mark T. McDonald, Houston, TX, for Andrew L. Kelley.

Robert L. Penrice, Texas City, TX, for consolidated plaintiffs.

Willie Fields, Houston, TX, pro se.

Bennie L. Green, Houston, TX, pro se.

Richard Humphrey, Houston, TX, pro se.

Jaqueline Elaine Medlock, Houston, TX, for McLoy Medlock, Willie Fields, Bennie Green, and Richard Humphrey.

Mark Ruth Thompson, Houston, TX, John E. Fisher, Senior Assistant City Attorney, Office of the City Attorney for the City of Houston, Houston, TX, for City of Houston.

Oscar Freer Jones, III, Victoria, TX, for amicus curiae.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge and REYNALDO G. GARZA, KING, GARWOOD, JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, JONES, DUHÉ, WIENER, BARKSDALE, EMILIO M. GARZA, DeMOSS, BENAVIDES, STEWART, PARKER and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.


DUHÉ, Circuit Judge:

African-American and Hispanic-American members of the Houston Police Department brought an employment discrimination suit against the City of Houston ("City"). Groups representing white, female, and Asian-American police officers, as well as members of the Houston airport and parks police agencies, moved to intervene in the lawsuit to contest the Consent Decree that the parties had negotiated in settlement of this litigation. The would-be...

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