Legal Opinion
Paradise v. Prescott
District Court, M.D. Alabama
Decided December 15, 1983No. Civ. A. 3561-NPublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.
The present phase of the proceedings in this lawsuit began on April 7, 1983, when the plaintiffs filed a motion to enforce the terms of two previously entered consent decrees. In accordance with these decrees and as a result of recent developments, this court must determine what procedure the Alabama Department of Public Safety must use in promoting troopers. The court understands that the department is in need of at least 15 new corporals immediately.
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In 1972, then Chief District Judge Frank M. Johnson, Jr., remarked in this case that “[i]n…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- Albemarle Paper Co. v. MoodySupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- United Steelworkers of America v. WeberSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States v. City of MiamiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITY OF ALEXANDRIA Et Al., Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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3Cited by18 opinions
- United States v. ParadiseSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Dillard v. Crenshaw CountyDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1986
- Paradise v. PrescottCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1985
- Rowlin v. Alabama Dep't of Public SafetyDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 2001
- Reynolds v. KingDistrict Court, M.D. Alabama · 1990
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