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THIGPEN v. BIBB COUNTY, GA., SHERIFF'S DEPT.

No. 99-12417.

223 F.3d 1231 (2000)

William T. THIGPEN, Jr., and James W. Allen, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BIBB COUNTY, GEORGIA, SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT; and Robbie Johnson, Sheriff, Bibb County, Georgia, in his official capacity, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

As Amended August 30, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold S. Lewis, Jr., Mercer University School of Law, F. Bradford Wilson, Jr., Macon, GA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Susan S. Cole, Charles E. Cox, Jr., Cole & Cox, L.L.P., Macon, GA, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before TJOFLAT, MARCUS and KRAVITCH, Circuit Judges.

KRAVITCH, Circuit Judge:

This appeal centers around the challenge of two white police officers to the continued constitutionality of an employment promotion policy adopted in settlement of a prior racial discrimination suit against the Bibb County, Georgia, Sheriff's Department (the "Department"). The officers claim that the promotion policy's mandate that the Department award fifty percent of all annual promotions to black officers denies them the opportunity to...

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