28 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1491, 28 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 32,679

679 F.2d 541

28 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. 1491,

28 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 32,679

Carl W. STOTTS, Individually and on behalf of all others

similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees,

and

Fred L. Jones, Plaintiff-Appellee,

v.

MEMPHIS FIRE DEPARTMENT; Robert W. Walker, City of Memphis,

and JosephSabatini, Defendants-Appellants,

and

Firefighters Local Union 1784, Defendant-Intervenor-Appellant.

Nos. 81-5348, 81-5349.

United States Court of Appeals,

Sixth Circuit.

Argued Sept. 15, 1981.

Decided May 7, 1982.

Clifford D. Pierce, Jr., City Atty., Louis P. Britt III, McKnight, Hudson, Lewis & Henderson, Allen S. Blair, James R.…