Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit April 11, 1988, Nos. 85-8845, 86-8026 (Hill v. Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority)

CLARK, Circuit Judge:

One of these two consolidated appeals is from a judgment in favor of the employer, Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) in an action brought initially by fifty plaintiffs whose applications for employment with MARTA were rejected. The basis of the complaint was racial discrimination in MARTA’s hiring practices.