Bridgeport Guardians, Inc. v. Delmonte

BARRINGTON D. PARKER, Circuit Judge:

Appellants-eight officers in the Bridgeport Police Department and one aspiring applicant to the police department, none of whom is African-American — appeal from an order of the United States District Court for the District of Connecticut (Arterton, J.) denying their motions to intervene in a lawsuit filed over three decades ago by African-American officers. See J.A. 1 (noting that the initial complaint in this case was filed on May 1, 1978); Fed. R.Civ.P. 24(a)(2). Simultaneously, the movants appeal an Interim Modification Order, on the ground that the…