BIRMINGHAM FIRE FIGHTERS v. JEFFERSON COUNTY

No. 01-10544.

290 F.3d 1250 (2002)

BIRMINGHAM FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION 117, et al., Plaintiffs, Wilks Class, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. JEFFERSON COUNTY, Ben L. Erdreich, Thomas W. Gloor, Chriss H. Doss, Jefferson County Personnel Board, et al., Defendants-Appellees,

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

May 6, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond P. Fitzpatrick, Jr., Gary L. Brown, Fitzpatrick, Cooper & Clark, LLP, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Albert L. Jordan, Wallace, Jordan, Ratliff & Brandt, L.L.C., Charlie D. Waldrep, Virginia Michelle Obradovic, Gorham & Waldrep, P.C., Scott B. Smith, Anne R. Yuengert, Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Birmingham, AL, Andrea Picciotti-Bayer, Rebecca K. Troth, Dept, of Justice/ App. Section/ Civ. Rights Div., Washington, DC, Rowan D. Wilson, Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before CARNES and FAY, Circuit Judges, and MARTIN, District Judge.


CARNES, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is another installment in the long-running story involving the consent decrees governing the hiring and promotion procedures of the City of Birmingham. The first quarter of a century of the litigation is summarized in Ensley Branch N.A.A.C.P. v. Seibels, 31 F.3d 1548, 1552 (11th Cir.1994) (Ensley II). See also Birmingham Fire Fighters Ass'n 117 v. Jefferson County,

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