Legal Opinion
Edwards v. City of Houston
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 10, 1994No. 93-02315PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
REYNALDO G. GARZA, Circuit Judge:
Organizations representing different members of the Houston Police Department sought to intervene in a consent decree entered into by the City of Houston and a class of black and hispanic police officers. The district court denied intervention in the underlying case and also intervention for purposes of appeal. The organizations appeal the denial of these motions and also claim that the consent decree violates Title VII and the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.
We find that the district court appropriately denied the motions to intervene in…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Regents of the University of California v. BakkeSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
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- Hazelwood School District v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Fullilove v. KlutznickSupreme Court of the United States · 1980
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3Cited by25 opinions
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- Ann Erwin, Dwight Bleke, Richard Moeller v. Richard M. Daley, Glen Carr, Kelly WelshCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1996
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