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U.S. v. JEFFERSON COUNTY

Civil Action Nos. CV-75-S-666-S, CV-74-S-17-S

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Plaintiff, v. JEFFERSON COUNTY, ALABAMA, et al., Defendants. JOHN W. MARTIN, et al., Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Alabama, Southern Division.

August 20, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Birmingham Fire Fighters Association 117, Plaintiff, represented by Raymond P Fitzpatrick, Jr , FITZPATRICK & BROWN LLP.

United States of America, Plaintiff, represented by Joyce White Vance , USA, Joseph John Sperber, IV , US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE & Jay Adelstein , US DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE-CIVIL RIGHTS DIVISION.

John G Veres, III, Special Master, Plaintiff, represented by John G Veres, III , Auburn University Montgomery.

Martin, Plaintiff, represented by Lauren Rosenberg , CRAVATH SWAINE & MOORE LLP, Rachel M Fritzler , CRAVATH SWAINE & MOORE LLP, Thomas G Rafferty , CRAVATH SWAINE & MOORE LLP & Rowan D Wilson , CRAVATH SWAINE & MOORE.

Jefferson County Personnel Board, Defendant, represented by Leslie Allen Coyne , BALCH & BINGHAM LLP & Aaron L Dettling , BALCH & BINGHAM LLP.

Jefferson Cty, Defendant, represented by Edward A Hosp , MAYNARD COOPER & GALE PC, Janell M Ahnert , MAYNARD COOPER & GALE PC, Theodore A Lawson, II , JEFFERSON COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Byron R Perkins , PERKINS LAW, David M Smith , MAYNARD COOPER & GALE PC, Grace Robinson Murphy , MAYNARD COOPER & GALE PC, James L Mitchell , MAYNARD COOPER & GALE PC, Stephanie H Mays , MAYNARD COOPER & GALE PC, Thomas J Butler , MAYNARD COOPER & GALE, Charles S Wagner , JEFFERSON COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE & Edwin A Strickland , JEFFERSON COUNTY ATTORNEY'S OFFICE.

Mike Hale, Sheriff, Defendant, represented by James E Murrill, Jr , RILEY & JACKSON PC, Kallie C Lunsford , RILEY & JACKSON PC, Keith Jackson , RILEY & JACKSON PC & Robert R Riley, Jr , RILEY & JACKSON PC.

Citizens Supervisory Commission, Respondent, represented by Michael L Jackson , WALLACE JORDAN RATLIFF & BRANDT, LLC.

Bryant, Intervenor, represented by Lauren Rosenberg , CRAVATH SWAINE & MOORE LLP, Rachel M Fritzler , CRAVATH SWAINE & MOORE LLP, Thomas G Rafferty , CRAVATH SWAINE & MOORE LLP & Rowan D Wilson , CRAVATH SWAINE & MOORE.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

C LYNWOOD SMITH, Jr., District Judge.

This opinion addresses the motion filed by the Martin class of plaintiffs and the Bryant class of plaintiff-intervenors ("the Martin-Bryant parties"), petitioning the court to hold defendant Jefferson County, Alabama, in civil contempt for failing to comply with the requirements of the consent decree entered on December 29, 1982, and seeking a modification of some provisions of that decree...

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