U.S. v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE

No. 97-3167.

144 F.3d 524 (1998)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CITY OF MILWAUKEE, Arthur Jones, Chief of Police, City of Milwaukee, Lawrence Gardner, Chief, City of Milwaukee Fire Department, et al., Defendants-Appellees, Appeal of: Scott CULVER, Proposed Intervenor.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided May 19, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas P. Schneider, Office of the United States Attorney, Milwaukee, WI, Thomas E. Chandler (argued), Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Appellate Section, Marybeth Martin, United States Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Grant F. Langley, Bruce Schrimpf, Thomas E. Hayes, Office of the City Attorney, Melanie R. Swank (argued), Milwaukee City Attorney's Office, Milwaukee, WI, for City of Milwaukee.

Grant F. Langley, Office of the City Attorney, Milwaukee, WI, for Arthur Jones, Lawrence Gardner, August G. Erdmann, Woody Welch.

Kimberly A. Sutherland (argued), Chicago, IL, for Scott Culver.

Before POSNER, Chief Judge, CUMMINGS and RIPPLE, Circuit Judges.


RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal, Scott Culver seeks review of the decision of the district court denying his motion to intervene. The underlying action was commenced by the United States in 1974 against the City of Milwaukee and it alleged that the City had discriminated against African Americans and women with respect to recruitment, hiring and promotion in the City's police force. Mr. Culver also appeals the district court's order modifying, temporarily, the...

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