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HENRY v. CITY OF GADSDEN, ALA.

Civ. A. No. 87-C-1338-M.

715 F.Supp. 1065 (1989)

Eugene HENRY, et al., Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF GADSDEN, ALABAMA, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. Alabama, M.D.

June 30, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clarence F. Rhea and Donald R. Rhea, Rhea Boyd & Rhea, Gadsden, Ala., for plaintiffs.

George P. Ford, Simmons Ford & Brunson, Gadsden, Ala., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OF OPINION

CLEMON, District Judge.

In Martin v. Wilks, ___ U.S. ___, 109 S.Ct. 2180, 104 L.Ed.2d 835 57 U.S.L.W. 4616 (1989), a sharply divided United States Supreme Court held that white firefighters may collaterally attack an otherwise valid consent decree entered in settlement of claims of systemic, classwide discrimination against blacks. This case is a paradigmatic collateral attack on a consent decree providing for a one-to-one hiring...

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