Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit November 29, 1978, Nos. 77-2026, 77-2351 (Friend v. Leidinger)

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CHAPMAN, District Judge.

The appellants are black fire fighters presently or formerly employed by the Richmond Fire Bureau. They instituted this class action pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (as amended in 1972 to cover governmental employers) complaining of racial discrimination in certain employment and promotional practices and procedures of the Bureau.