Kathleen Kline, Appellee/cross-Appellant v. City of Kansas City, Missouri, Fire Department, Appellant/cross-Appellee

MORRIS SHEPPARD ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Five women employees sued the fire department of Kansas City, Missouri, variously alleging gender discrimination, race discrimination, and retaliation against them for opposing certain practices of the department. See Kline v. City of Kansas City, Missouri, Fire Department, 175 F.3d 660, 664 (8th Cir.1999), cert. denied, 528 U.S. 1155, 120 S.Ct. 1160, 145 L.Ed.2d 1072 (2000). The trial court1 and this court, between them, granted judgment to the fire department on all of the claims of four of the women (some of the claims were decided by jury trial). See…