Martinez v. City of St. Louis

LOKEN, Chief Judge.

In 1976, a lawsuit brought by the United States and by the Firefighters Institute for Racial Equality (FIRE) alleging racially discriminatory hiring and promotion by the St. Louis Fire Department (SLFD) was resolved by entry of a complex consent decree providing, in relevant part, that the City would hire qualified black applicants “for least fifty percent (50%) of the vacancies for the entry level of Firefighter personnel.” United States v. City of St. Louis, 418 F.Supp. 383, 384 (E.D.Mo.1976), aff'd in part & rev’d in part on other grounds, FIRE v. City of St. Louis, 549…