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U.S. v. CITY OF MONTGOMERY, ALA.

Civil Action No. 3739-N.

948 F.Supp. 1553 (1996)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, Sidney Williams, et al., Plaintiff-Intervenors, v. The CITY OF MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA, et al., Defendants, Gordon M. Ledbetter and John D. Shumway, Defendant-Intervenors.

United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, Northern Division.

December 18, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kenneth E. Vines, Assistant United States Attorney, Montgomery, AL, Marybeth Martin, Philip Eure, Employment Litigation Section, Civil Rights Division, Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for plaintiff.

Randall C. Morgan, Montgomery, AL, for defendant City of Montgomery.

Robert D. Segall, Montgomery, AL, for defendant Montgomery City-County Pers. Bd.

Thomas M. Goggans, Montgomery, AL, for defendant-intervenors white male police officers of the City of Montgomery.

Donald Watkins, and Mark Englehart, Kenneth L. Thomas, Massey, Means & Thomas, Montgomery, AL, co-counsel for plaintiff-intervenors Williams, et al.

Thomas C. Tankersley, Legal Department, City of Montgomery, Montgomery, AL, for defendant.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.

In response to a request made by the court on May 21, 1996, the parties have submitted a proposal for the termination of this 24-year-old lawsuit, in which the United States of America and a class of African-American police officers charged the City of Montgomery with race discrimination. Based on the evidence presented, the court concludes that the proposal should be approved.

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