BOURDAIS v. NEW ORLEANS CITY

No. 05-30517.

485 F.3d 294 (2007)

Armand BOURDAIS, et al., Plaintiffs, Michael P. Calamari, Jr.; Frederick H. Knecht, Jr.; Keith A. Labarriere; Glen J. Lawson; Shawn D. Murphy; Gary E. Smiley; Francis A. Williams II; Christopher D. Wren, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Armand Bourdais; David H. Ashburn; Glen A. Bagert; Douglas P. Balser; Allen J. Blanchard; Thomas J. Burns, Jr.; Scott A. Chappuis; Leonard R. Daigle; Michael D. Donaldson; James A. Fincher; Ronald G. Fiorello; Gerald L. Forster; Timothy G. Gleason; Mark J. Grunberg; Robert A. Henderson; Richard K. Hirstius; Richard S. Johnson; Charles N. Jonau, Jr.; Joseph J. Jurisich; Theodore A. Kreger, Jr.; Victor J. Lavaca; Steven D. Lambert; Phil S. Locicero; Edward M. Lombard; Dudley R. Major; Richard B. McCurley; David F. Nick; Peter M. Panquerne; Frank A. Pelicano, Jr.; Adam W. Pommier; Kelly J. Porche; Erik J. Schneider; Ronald J. Schwankhart, Jr.; Melvin L. Seeger; Gerald R. Seidell; Hanson J. Smith; Michael P. Smith; David K. Spilberger; Paul A. Templet, Jr.; Donald J. Thompson; Peter S. Uli, Jr.; James F. Vance; Glen D. Wallace; William J. Young, Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, v. NEW ORLEANS CITY, Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, Marc H. Morial, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Mayor of the City of New Orleans; J. Michael Doyle, Jr., Individually and in His Official Capacity as Director of Personnel for the New Orleans Department of City Civil Services; New Orleans City Civil Service Commission; Warren E. McDaniels, Individually and in His Official Capacity as Superintendent of the New Orleans Fire Department; Sidney J. Barthelemy; William J. McCrossen; New Orleans Firefighters Association, Defendants-Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

April 20, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clement P. Donelon (argued), Roland Vaughn Cimini, Metairie, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

Joseph Vincent DiRosa, Jr. (argued), Deputy City Atty., Heather M. Valliant, New Orleans, LA, Franz L. Zibilich (argued), Martiny & Caracci, Metairie, LA, for New Orleans City.

Before REAVLEY, JOLLY and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.


BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

This appeal arises out of a lawsuit filed in 1999 by a number of Caucasians who, in 1991, applied to be fire recruits with the New Orleans Fire Department (NOFD). New Orleans (the City) used race as a factor in its fire recruit hiring policy, and the plaintiffs alleged that this impermissibly caused their hiring delays.

I. BACKGROUND

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