Legal Opinion
Birmingham Fire Fighters Ass'n 117 v. Jefferson County
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 7, 2002No. 01-14262PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
This appeal is the latest round in the protracted litigation over the procedures used by the Jefferson County Personnel Board and the City of Birmingham to hire and promote City employees — litigation that would have recently celebrated its 25th birthday, if such a thing were cause for celebration.
The original suit was brought by black plaintiffs who claimed that the City’s hiring practices discriminated against them. In 1981, the district court entered two consent decrees, one between the City and the original plaintiffs (“City consent decree”), and the other between…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- United States v. City of HialeahCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1998
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