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BIRMINGHAM FIRE FIGHTERS 117 v. JEFFERSON COUNTY

No. 01-14262.

280 F.3d 1289 (2002)

BIRMINGHAM FIRE FIGHTERS ASSOCIATION 117, et al., Plaintiffs, Wilks Class, Plaintiff-Appellant, 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.

January 7, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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

Albert L. Jordan, Wallace Jordan, Ratliff & Brandt, L.L.C., Birmingham, AL, for Jefferson County.

Anne R. Yuengert, Scott B. Smith, Bradley, Arant, Rose & White, Shirley I. McCarty, Birmingham, AL, Andrea M. Picciotti-Bayer, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before ANDERSON, Chief Judge, and DUBINA and CARNES, Circuit Judges.

CARNES, Circuit Judge:

This appeal is the latest round in the protracted litigation over the procedures used by the Jefferson County Personnel Board and the City of Birmingham to hire and promote City employees — litigation that would have recently celebrated its 25th birthday, if such a thing were cause for celebration.

The original suit was brought by black plaintiffs who claimed that the City's hiring practices discriminated against them. In 1981...

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