Barfus v. City of Miami

CLARK, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal by Miami firefighters (Barfus et al.) and a Miami police officer (Sullivan) from the district court’s dismissal of their Title VII action for reverse discrimination as an impermissible collateral attack on a consent decree. The district court dismissed the complaints pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1), reasoning that because the complaints constituted collateral attacks, the court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over appellants’ claims.1 Because we hold that appellants’ Title VII complaints do not constitute collateral attacks on the consent decree,…