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COFFEY v. BRADDY

No. 15-11112.

834 F.3d 1184 (2016)

Olivette COFFEY, Jr., Harry J. Johnson, Nancy J. Brackett, Jacksonville Brotherhood of Firefighters, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Dwight BRADDY, in his capacity as a member of the civil service board of the city of Jacksonville, Florida, J.C. Dekle, in his capacity as a member of the civil service board of the city of Jacksonville, Florida, William Hallowes, in his capacity as a member of the civil service board of the city of Jacksonville, Florida, Warren E. Thomas, in his capacity as a member of the civil service board of the city of Jacksonville, Florida, Boyd Jolly, in his capacity as a member of the civil service board of the city of Jacksonville, Florida, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Date Filed: August 23, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christy B. Bishop , Dennis R. Thompson , Thompson & Bishop, Akron, OH, Helen Heim Albee , Heather Moore Collins , Neil L. Henrichsen , Henrichsen Siegel , Shands Wulbern, Law Office of Shands M Wulbern, PA, Jacksonville, FL, Bruce B. Elfvin , Elfvin Besser Royer Torch, Independence, OH, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Craig Dennis Feiser , Attorney General's Office, Tallahassee, FL, Mary W. Jarrett , Coffman Coleman Andrews & Grogan, Adina Teodorescu , Office of General Counsel, City of Jacksonville, Jacksonville, FL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before TJOFLAT, MARCUS, and ROGERS, Circuit Judges.

Thirty-four years ago, in 1982, the district court entered a consent decree requiring the City of Jacksonville to hire in its fire department "an equal number of blacks and whites until the ratio of black fire fighters to white fire fighters reflects the ratio of black citizens to white citizens in the City of Jacksonville...

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