SHEALY v. CITY OF ALBANY, GA.

No. 95-8809.

89 F.3d 804 (1996)

Jody SHEALY, Ricky Dudley, Terry Cook, Ronald Rowe, Ted Barton, Intervenors-Appellants, v. The CITY OF ALBANY, GEORGIA, a municipal corporation, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 31, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Elaine R. Jones, Judith Reed, New York City, J. Lewis Sapp, Atlanta, GA, Chevene B. King, Jr., Albany, GA, for Plaintiffs.

Eugene C. Black, Jr., Albany, GA, for Intervenors.

Al Grieshaber, Albany, GA, for Appellees.

Before KRAVITCH and CARNES, Circuit Judges, and HILL, Senior Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM:

Five white firefighters intervened in this decades-old civil rights action against the City of Albany, Georgia claiming reverse discrimination in the promotion of a black to the position of battalion chief. The district court held an evidentiary hearing after which it denied the white firefighters any relief. This appeal ensued. For the following reasons, we vacate a portion of the district court's order and remand for further proceedings.

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