FIREFIGHTER'S INSTITUTE v. CITY OF ST. LOUIS

Nos. 99-3676, 99-4245.

220 F.3d 898 (2000)

FIREFIGHTERS' INSTITUTE FOR RACIAL EQUALITY, by and through its Chairman; Robert ANDERSON; Charles Bates; Donald Chambers; Michael Coleman; Eric Driver; Kenneth Green; Leroy Harris; Lonnie R. Hughes; Stanley Johnson; Joseph Jones; John Lester; Ronald Logan; James Morgan; Michael Pickett; Zefpro Redding; Gary Ruffin; Lawrence Sayles; Addington Stewart; Nathanial Sutherland; Lloyd Tate; Gilbert Vaughn; Derrick Webster; David Williams, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. CITY OF ST. LOUIS, Defendant/Appellee, St. Louis Firefighters Association Local 73; Edwin F. Libby, Jr.; Dennis Jenkerson; Jay Jennings; William Schurwan; Dwight C. Cross; Mark Bradshaw; Lawrence Reinecke; Robert Milani; Lawrence Auer; Steven Neinhaus; Leo Kuchner; Larry Donovan; Grant A. Berger; Scott Speigel; William O. Hill; Bruce E. Williams; Mark R. Duffy; Theodore Richardson, Intervenor-Defendants/Appellees, Gerald Jr. Jorden, Intervenor-Defendant/Appellee. Firefighters' Institute for Racial Equality, by and through its Chairman; Robert Anderson; Charles Bates; Donald Chambers; Michael Coleman; Eric Driver; Kenneth Green; Leroy Harris; Lonnie R. Hughes; Stanley Johnson; Joseph Jones; John Lester; Ronald Logan; James Morgan; Michael Pickett; Zefpro Redding; Gary Ruffin; Lawrence Sayles; Addington Stewart; Nathanial Sutherland; Lloyd Tate; Gilbert Vaughn; Derrick Webster; David Williams, Plaintiffs/Appellants, v. City of St. Louis, Defendant/Appellee, St. Louis Firefighters Association Local 73; Edwin F. Libby, Jr.; Dennis Jenkerson; Jay Jennings; William Schurwan; Dwight C. Cross; Mark Bradshaw; Lawrence Reinecke; Robert Milani; Lawrence Auer; Steven Neinhaus; Leo Kuchner; Larry Donovan; Grant A. Berger; Scott Speigel; William O. Hill; Bruce E. Williams; Mark R. Duffy; Theodore Richardson, Intervenor-Defendants/Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 11, 2000.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied October 2, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Althea P. Johns, St. Louis, MO, argued, for Appellant.

Patricia A. Hageman, St. Louis, MO, argued, for Appellee City of St. Louis.

Jerome A. Diekemper, St. Louis, MO, argued (Richard P. Perkins, St. Louis, MO, on the brief), for Appellee Firefighters Local 73.

Before WOLLMAN, Chief Judge, BEAM, Circuit Judge, and PANNER, District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied October 2, 2000.*

BEAM, Circuit Judge.

Firefighters' Institute for Racial Equality2 and twenty-two individual plaintiffs (collectively FIRE) brought suit against the City of St. Louis (the City) and the St. Louis Firefighters Association Local 73 (Local 73)3 for violations of 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1988, and 2000e-2 (Title VII...

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