Legal Opinion
Stotts v. Memphis Fire Department
Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Decided May 7, 1982No. Nos. 81-5348, 81-5349PublishedCited by 100 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KEITH, Circuit Judge.
This case presents questions regarding the entry and modification of a consent decree in an employment discrimination case. In 1977, Plaintiff-appellee Carl Stotts filed a class action against the City of Memphis, alleging that the Fire Department’s hiring and promotion policies were racially discriminatory. After three years of discovery and intensive negotiations, the Stotts suit was settled by a consent decree in 1980 (“1980 Decree”). No trial was held. The 1980 Decree was intended to supplement an earlier consent decree entered in 1974 which affected employment…
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