Reynolds v. Alabama Department of Transportation

ORDER

MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.

In this longstanding and complex litigation, plaintiffs — who are African-American and represent a class of African-American merit and non-merit system employees and applicants — charge defendants with employment discrimination based on race in the Alabama Department of Transportation. The defendants include the Alabama Department of Transportation, the Alabama State Personnel Board, and several State officials. The central focus of this litigation has been on the creation and implementation of an open and fair hiring and promotion system, in which everyone…