Legal Opinion
Charlie Corley and Levaughn Carter, Individually, Etc. v. Jackson Police Department, Etc., R.D. Thaggard, Applicants for Intervention-Appellants
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 29, 1985No. 78-3795PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Circuit Judge:
On this appeal we must determine whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying appellants’ motion to intervene in a Title VII suit in which a consent decree was entered on March 25, 1974. Finding appellants’ action untimely, we affirm.
Facts
The litigation at the core of this appeal began in January 1973 when Corley and Carter, former black police officers in Jackson, Mississippi, brought a class action suit alleging racial discrimination in the City’s hiring and promotion of police officers. The suit received widespread publicity. Several months later the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Franks v. Bowman Transportation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- John Martin Oatis, David Johnson, Sr., and R. T. Young v. Crown Zellerbach CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- 17 Fair empl.prac.cas. 528, 14 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 7813 Eddie Stallworth v. Monsanto Company v. J. W. Palmer, Movants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1977
- United States v. Jefferson CountyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1983
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Edwards v. City of HoustonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- Edwards v. City of HoustonCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1994
- State Employees' Credit Union, Inc. v. GentryCourt of Appeals of North Carolina · 1985
- Ozee v. American Council on Gift Annuities, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1997
- Jones v. Caddo Parish School BoardDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 2001
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