U.S. v. CITY OF MIAMI

No. 98-4626.

195 F.3d 1292 (1999)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF MIAMI, Defendant-Appellant, Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge No. 20, Defendant-Appellee, Board of Trustees of the City of Miami Firefighters' and Police Officers' Retirement Trust, Intervenors-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 17, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Albertine B. Smith, Myrna D. Bricker, Miami, FL, Dennis J. Dimsey, Marie K. McElderry, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Robert David Klausner, Hollywood, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Bonnie Joyce Losak-Jimenez, Joseph W. Beasley, Kelly, Black, Black, Byrne & Beasley, Miami, FL, Stephen H. Cypen, Cypen & Cypen, Miami Beach, FL, for Intervenor.

Before ANDERSON, Chief Judge, MARCUS, Circuit Judge, and MILLS, Senior District Judge.


MARCUS, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is the latest chapter in a lengthy litigation saga over a 1977 nondiscrimination consent decree between the United States of America, the City of Miami, and the Fraternal Order of Police, Lodge No. 20. In this iteration, the Fraternal Order of Police ("Appellee"), on behalf of a class of white and Hispanic police officers, brought two civil contempt actions against the City of Miami for "reverse" race discrimination in its 1992 police...

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