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U.S. v. CITY OF MIAMI, FLA.

No. 95-4255.

115 F.3d 870 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY of MIAMI, FLORIDA, Defendant-Appellee, and Professional Firefighters of Miami, Local 587, International Association of Firefighters, AFL-CIO, Intervenor/Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 20, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert D. Klausner, Hollywood, FL, for Internenor/Defendant-Appellant.

Louis E. Peraertz, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Appellate Section, Washington, DC, for U.S.

Richard T. Seymour, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Washington, DC, Marilyn Holified, Holland & Knight, Miami, FL, for amicus curaie.

Theresa L. Girten, Asst. City Atty., Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before TJOFLAT and BARKETT, Circuit Judges, and GODBOLD, Senior Circuit Judge.

GODBOLD, Senior Circuit Judge:

I. BACKGROUND

This case is again before this court on appeal by the Miami Association of Firefighters, Local 587, International Association of Firefighters, AFL-CIO. The litigation arose from a consent decree entered in 1977 between the City of Miami and the United States that implemented an affirmative action plan for hiring and promotion of blacks, Hispanics and women within the City of Miami Fire Department. In 1989 Local...

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