Legal Opinion
In Re Birmingham Reverse Discrimination Employment Litigation
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 25, 1988No. 86-7108PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*1494TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:
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This litigation has its origin in three employment discrimination actions filed in 1974 and 1975 against the City of Birmingham (the City), the Jefferson County, Alabama Personnel Board (the Board),1 and various other defendants.2 In January 1974, the Ensley Branch of the NAACP and seven black individuals filed separate class action complaints in the district court alleging that the City and the Board had violated, among other things, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act through racially discriminatory hiring and promotion practices.3 In May 1975, the United States…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Parklane Hosiery Co. v. ShoreSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Regents of the University of California v. BakkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Local Number 93, International Ass'n of Firefighters v. City of ClevelandSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
- United Steelworkers of America v. WeberSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Wygant v. Jackson Board of EducationSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by73 opinions
- Martin v. WilksSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Timothy Jansen, Cross-Appellants v. City of Cincinnati v. Tilford Youngblood, Prospective Intervenors, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1990
- Grutter v. BollingerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1999
- Ensley Branch, N.A.A.C.P. Donald Nixon William Moss Alvin Mahaffey, Jr., Birmingham Fire Fighters Association 117 Birmingham Association of City Employees, Intervenors v. George Seibels, Individually and as Mayor of the City of Birmingham, John W. Martin Major Florence Ida McGruder Sam Coar, Birmingham Fire Fighters Association 117 Birmingham Association of City Employees Billy Gray, Intervenors v. City of Birmingham George C. Seibels, Jr. Mayor of Birmingham Jefferson County Personnel Board, United States of America, Birmingham Fire Fighters Association 117, Intervenors, Robert K. Wilks James A. Bennett Floyd E. Click James D. Morgan Joel Alan Day, Plaintiffs-Intervenors-Appellants v. Jefferson County, City of Birmingham and George G. SeibelsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1994
- United States of America, and Ann Erwin, Intervening v. City of Chicago, William C. Bigby, and Ann Erwin, Intervening v. City of ChicagoCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
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