U.S. v. CITY OF NEW YORK

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lisa J. Stark , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C. ( Thomas E. Perez , Dennis J. Dimsey , Holly A. Thomas , United States Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., on the brief), for Appellee.

Richard A. Levy , Levy Ratner, P.C., New York, N.Y. (Center for Constitutional Rights, New York, NY; Scott + Scott LLP, New York, NY, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

Deborah A. Brenner , Asst. Corporation Counsel, New York, N.Y. ( Michael A. Cardozo , Corporation Counsel of the City of New York, Alan G. Krams , Asst. Corporation Counsel, New York, New York, N.Y., on the brief), for Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

Keith M. Sullivan , Sullivan & Galleshaw, LLP, Queens, NY, for amicus curiae Merit Matters, Inc., in support of Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

Lawrence S. Lustberg , Alicia L. Bannon , Gibbons P.C., Newark, NJ, for amicus curiae International Association of Black Professional Firefighter and Black Chief Officers Committee, in support of Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

Rachel Godsil , Kathryn Pearson , Jon Romberg , Andrew Van Houter , Seton Hall University School of Law, Center for Social Justice, Newark, NJ, for amicus curiae American Values Institute, in support of Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellees.

ReNika C. Moore , Debo P. Adegbile , Elise C. Boddie , Johnathan J. Smith , Ria A. Tabacco , NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., New York, NY; Joshua Civin , Washington, D.C., for amicus curiae NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc., in support of Appellees.

Before NEWMAN, WINTER, and POOLER, Circuit Judges.