REYNOLDS v. ROBERTS

Nos. 97-6347, 98-6192.

207 F.3d 1288 (2000)

Johnny REYNOLDS, individually on behalf of himself and as representative of a class of black employees of the Highway Department, State of Alabama, similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cecil Parker, Robert Johnson, et al., Intervenors-Plaintiffs-Appellees, C. Campbell Wilson, Intervenor-Plaintiff, William Adams, Cheryl Caine, et al., Intervenors-Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. G.M. ROBERTS, in his official capacity as Director for the Alabama Department of Transportation, et al., Defendants. Johnny Reynolds, individually and on behalf of himself and as representative of a class of black employees of the Highway Department, State of Alabama, similarly situated, Plaintiff-Appellee, Cecil Parker; Robert Johnson, et al., Intervenors-Plaintiffs-Appellees, William Adams, Cheryl Caine, et al., Intervenors-Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. G.M. Roberts, in his official capacity as Director for the Alabama Department of Transportation, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

March 29, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas R. Elliott, Jr., London, Yancey, L.L.C., Raymond P. Fitzpatrick, Jr., J. Michael Cooper, Richard Scott Clark, Fitzpatrick, Cooper & Clark, Jon Craig Goldfarb, Robert F. Childs, Jr., Gordon, Silberman, Wiggins & Childs, Lisa W. Borden, Birmingham, AL, Jimmie R. Ippolito, Jr., Montgomery, AL, Evan M. Tager, Michael E. Lackey, Jr., Mayer, Brown & Platt, Eileen Penner, U. S. Dept. of Justice/Civ. Div., Washington, DC, Dennis Hughes, Birmingham, AL, William Patton Gray, Jr., Gray & Associates, Julian L. McPhillips, Jr., McPhillips, Shinbaum & Gill, Montgomery, AL, for Intervenors-Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Robert L. Wiggins, Jr., Abigail P. Van Alstyne, Stanley Wade Logan, Scott A. Gilliland, Kimberly C. Page, Kell A. Simon, Ann K Wiggins, Gordon, Silberman, Wiggins & Childs, P.C., Russell W. Adams, Birmingham, AL, for Intervenors-Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before TJOFLAT and DUBINA, Circuit Judges, and STORY, District Judge.


TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

These consolidated appeals arise out of a long-standing racial discrimination class action brought by African-American employees and job applicants against the Alabama Department of Transportation (the "Department"). Three years after the district court entered a race-neutral consent decree providing for prospective relief relating to job qualifications and promotion criteria, plaintiffs' counsel, using the class action as their vehicle, applied...

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