U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, 1980

Clarence W. Otis v. City of Memphis Park Commission

Clarence W. Otis v. City of Memphis Park Commission
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · Decided February 21, 1980 · Edwards, Lively, Per Curiam, Wiseman
615 F.2d 1151; 1980 U.S. App. LEXIS 20313 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Clarence W. Otis v. City of Memphis Park Commission

Opinion

PER CURIAM.

The record in this case discloses ample support for the findings of the District Judge’s determining that plaintiffs had established a class and that defendantappellee was guilty of racial discrimination in the hiring of temporary bricklayers, and for his entry of injunctive relief pertaining to future hiring practices and his holding that attorney’s fees should be awarded.

Further, our inspection of the record requires vacation of those portions of the District Judge’s orders denying a hearing on back pay and assessing attorney’s fees, and a remand of this case for further consideration of back pay and attorney’s fees. See Head v. Timken Roller Bearing Co., 486 F.2d 870 (6th Cir. 1973); Meadows v. Ford Motor Co., 510 F.2d 939 (6th Cir. 1975), and Northcross v. Board of Education, 611 F.2d 624 (6th Cir. 1979).

The judgment of the District Court is affirmed in part and vacated in part.

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