CHILDRESS v. CITY OF RICHMOND, VA.

No. 96-1585.

134 F.3d 1205 (1998)

David W. CHILDRESS; Augustus G. Harvey, III; Vincent J. Matassa; Henry W. Mease; Howard S. Noyes; Daniel G. Quinney; Florian E. Stachura, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Virginia M. Downey; Janice M. Thompson, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF RICHMOND, VIRGINIA; Jerry A. Oliver, Chief of Police of the City of Richmond, Virginia, in his official capacity as Chief of Police of the City of Richmond, Virginia; Marty M. Tapscott, Defendants-Appellees. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; West Virginia Manufacturers Association, Amici Curiae.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 15, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jay Joseph Levit, Levit & Mann, Richmond, VA, for Appellants. Beverly Agee Burton, Office of the City Attorney, Richmond, VA, for Appellees. Jennifer Susan Goldstein, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae EEOC; Niall A. Paul, Spilman, Thomas & Battle, Charleston, WV, for Amicus Curiae WVMA. ON BRIEF: C. Gregory Stewart, General Counsel, Gwendolyn Young Reams, Associate General Counsel, Vincent J. Blackwood, Assistant General Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae EEOC. Eric W. Iskra, Spilman, Thomas & Battle, Charleston, WV, for Amicus Curiae WVMA.

Before WILKINSON, Chief Judge, WIDENER, MURNAGHAN, ERVIN, WILKINS, NIEMEYER, HAMILTON, LUTTIG, WILLIAMS, MICHAEL and MOTZ, Circuit Judges, and PHILLIPS, Senior Circuit Judge.


Affirmed by published per curiam opinion. Judge LUTTIG wrote a concurring opinion, in which Judge WILKINS and Judge WILLIAMS joined.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal by seven white male police officers from successive orders of the district court that dismissed on various grounds their action alleging "hostile environment" and retaliation claims under Title VII (42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e-2(a)(1...

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