City of Atlanta v. International Ass'n of Firefighters, Local 134

Hall, Justice.

This is a dispute between the International Association of Firefighters (plaintiffs-appellees) and the City of Atlanta, Maynard H. Jackson, Mayor, and A. Reginald Eaves, Public Safety Commissioner (defendants-appellants), over promotion procedures in the Atlanta Bureau of Fire Services.

The central issues in these consolidated appeals flow from a certain order of the Fulton Superior Court dated March 22,1977, finding appellant Eaves in contempt of a prior order of the court dated December 2, 1975, which enjoined Eaves from promoting any person within the bureau until final trial…