Legal Opinion
Edwards v. City of Houston
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 1, 1996No. Nos. 93-2315, 93-2476PublishedCited by 204 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DUHÉ, Circuit Judge:
African-American and Hispanic-American members of the Houston Police Department brought an employment discrimination suit against the City of Houston (“City”). Groups representing white, female, and Asian-American police officers, as well as members of the Houston airport and parks police agencies, moved to intervene in the lawsuit to contest the Consent Decree that the parties had negotiated in settlement of this litigation. The would-be intervenors complained that their interests were not adequately represented by the parties in the negotiation and drafting of this…
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