Legal Opinion
United States v. City of Hialeah
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided May 8, 1998No. 94-5083PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CARNES, Circuit Judge:
The United States appeals the district court’s refusal to approve part of a consent decree it negotiated with the City of Hialeah, Florida. The underlying lawsuit claims that the City discriminated against blacks in hiring firefighters and police officers in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq. Other parts of the consent decree have been approved and entered, and they are not in question. One such part requires the City to hire as police officers and firefighters thirty blacks from a pool of prior applicants who were qualified…
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