BRIDGEPORT GUARDIANS, INC. v. DELMONTE

Docket Nos. 09-1063-cv(L), 09-1495-cv(CON).

602 F.3d 469 (2010)

BRIDGEPORT GUARDIANS, INC., Charles D. Smith, Arthur Carter, Richard Herlihy, Thomas D. Flynn, Raymond Sherwood, Carlos Medina, Joe Ann Simmons, James Sheffield, Brenda Dixon, Stephen Nelson and Kimberly Parks, Plaintiffs-Appellees, Theophilus B. Meekins and David Daniels, Plaintiffs, TNT Specialized Division, Petitioner, William Bailey and Hispanic Society — Bridgeport Police Department, Inc., Intervenors-Plaintiffs, v. Arthur J. DELMONTE, John Devine, John C. O'Leary, Frank Delaquila, Larry Harris, Jr., Robert Bruno, James McCarthy, City of Bridgeport, Sgt. Glenn Prentice, Cpt. William Giblin, Richard Cummings, Council # 15 Police Union, and Sgt. David J. Hoyt, Defendants-Appellees, All Defendants, AFSCME, Council 15, Local 1159, AFL-CIO, Bridgeport Police Union, and George Zwally, Defendants, Todd Hoben, Jorge Cintron, David Garcia, Mark Belinkie, Mark Graham, Martin M. Henue, William Reilly, James Borrico and Kurt Hoben, Movants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: April 27, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Karen Lee Torre, Law Offices of Norman A. Pattis, LLC, New Haven, CT, for Movants-Appellants.

Sean K. McElligott, Koskoff, Koskoff & Bieder, P.C., Bridgeport, CT, Thomas W. Bucci, Willinger, Willinger & Bucci P.C., Bridgeport, CT, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Betsy A. Edwards, Office of the City Attorney, Bridgeport, CT, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before CABRANES, B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judges, and AMON, District Judge.


BARRINGTON D. PARKER, Circuit Judge:

Appellants-eight officers in the Bridgeport Police Department and one aspiring applicant to the police department, none of whom is African-American — appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Arterton, J.) denying their motions to intervene in a lawsuit filed over three decades ago by African-American officers. See J.A. 1 (noting that the initial complaint in...

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