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BRYANT v. JONES

No. 06-16591.

575 F.3d 1281 (2009)

Michael BRYANT, John Drake, Becky Kelley, Herbert Lowe, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. CEO DeKALB CO. Vernon JONES, Marilyn Boyd Drew, Morris Williams, Richard Stogner, in their individual capacities and in their official capacities, Defendants-Appellants, Joe Stone, Defendant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 31, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Remar, Kerri A. Gildow, Rogers & Hardin, LLP, Brent L. Wilson, Sharon P. Morgan, Elarbee, Thompson, Sapp & Wilson, LLP, Atlanta, GA, for Defendants-Appellants.

James Hollis, Michael J. Bowers, Christopher S. Anulewicz, K. Alex Khoury, Balch & Bingham, LLP, Atlanta, GA, John T. Morgan, III, Decatur, GA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Before TJOFLAT, ANDERSON and COX, Circuit Judges.

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

In 2001, DeKalb County, Georgia embarked on a wholesale plan to replace its white county managers with African Americans. Three white managers, Becky Kelley, Michael Bryant, and John Drake, proceeding under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, sued the county's Chief Executive Officer, Vernon Jones, who devised the plan and monitored its execution, and three subordinates who assisted him, Marilyn Boyd Drew, Morris Williams, and Richard Stogner, for discriminating...

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