Jordan v. Wilson

ORDER

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

Previously in this class-action lawsuit, the court held, among other things, that the promotion system of the Police Department of the City of Montgomery, Alabama has had both the purpose and effect of discriminating against female police officers in violation of 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 and 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 2000e through 2000e-17 (otherwise known as Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as amended). Jordan v. Wilson, 649 F.Supp. 1038 (M.D.Ala.1986) (Jordan I). This cause is again before the court on the matter of the establishment of a new promotion system…