Allen v. Prince George's County

DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:

Sylvester Vaughns and Patricia Allen, representatives of two certified classes, brought this appeal from the district court’s decision that Prince George’s County (hereafter sometimes the county) did not discriminate against blacks in hiring or promotions from 1972 until 1981. The suit was brought under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, §§ 701-718, as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e et seq. (1976 & Supp. IV 1980) (hereafter the Act), which became applicable to county governments on 24 March 1972. Because we cannot find that the district court erred, we…