NEWARK BRANCH, N.A.A.C.P. v. CITY OF BAYONNE, N.J.

No. 96-5848.

134 F.3d 113 (1998)

NEWARK BRANCH, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE; Jersey City Branch, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; New Jersey State Conference, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Appellants, v. CITY OF BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided January 13, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joshua N. Rose (argued), David L. Rose, Rose & Rose, P.C., Washington, DC, Jonathan M. Hyman, Rutgers University School of Law, Constitutional Litigation Clinic, Newark, NJ, for Appellants.

Tarquin J. Bromley (argued), Apruzzese, McDermott, Mastro & Murphy, Liberty Corner, NJ, for Appellee.

Before: SCIRICA, ROTH and WEIS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION OF THE COURT

SCIRICA, Circuit Judge.

This Title VII case involves an interpretation of a consent order that removed a residency requirement for municipal employees.

In 1989, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, its New Jersey State Conference, and its Newark and Jersey City Branches, filed suit in district court against the City of Bayonne, New Jersey. The NAACP alleged, inter alia, that Bayonne unlawfully...

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