Local Number 93, International Association of Firefighters, Afl-cio, C. L. C. v. City of Cleveland et al. (478 U.S. 501)
U.S. Supreme Court · decided July 2, 1986 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Citation
- 478 U.S. 501 · 106 S. Ct. 3063
- Decided
- July 2, 1986
- Term
- October Term 1985
- Vote
- 6–3
- Majority author
- Justice Brennan
- Issue area
- Civil Rights
- Disposition
- Affirmed
- Outcome
- Petitioning party lost
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
Opinion excerpt
Justice Brennan delivered the opinion of the Court. The question presented in this case is whether § 706(g) of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 78 Stat. 261, as amended, 42 U. S. C. §2000e-5(g), precludes the entry of a consent decree which provides relief that may benefit individuals who were not the actual victims of the defendant’s discriminatory practices. I On October 23, 1980, the Vanguards of Cleveland (Vanguards), an organization of black and Hispanic firefighters employed by the City of Cleveland, filed a complaint charging the City and various municipal officials (hereinafter referred to collectively as the City) with discrimination on the basis of race and national origin “in the hiring, assignment and promotion of firefighters within the City of Cleveland Fire Department.” App. 6. The Vanguards sued on behalf of a class of blacks and Hispanics consisting of firefighters already employed by the City, applicants for employment, and “all blacks and Hispanics who in the future will apply for employment or will be employed as firemen by the Cleveland Fire Department.” Id., at 8. The Vanguards claimed that the City had violated the rights of the plaintiff class under the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U. S. C. §2000e et seq., and 42 U. S. C. §§1981 and 1983. Although the…
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