United States Sixth Circuit

District court did not abuse its discretion by permitting intervention to afford "complete relief" concerning Union violations of consent decree prohibition against employment discrimination under Title VII and Civil Rights Act of 1964, given difficulty of gauging Union compliance with consent decree.

Appellate Information

• Argued 08/08/2000
• Decided 12/15/2000
• Published 12/15/2000

Judges

• Before KEITH, SILER, and BATCHELDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Sixth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Bruce B. Elfvin (argued and briefed), Barbara Kaye Besser (briefed), Amy S. Glesius (briefed), Elfvin & Besser, Cleveland, OH, for Plaintiffs-Appellants in 98-3935., Robert J. Gregory (argued and briefed), Office of the General Counsel, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff-Appellant in 89-3986.


• For Appellees:
  
• Bruce B. Elfvin (argued and briefed), Barbara Kaye Besser (briefed), Elfvin & Besser, Cleveland, OH, for Plaintiff-Appellee Edwards in 98-3987, 98-3988., Jennifer S. Goldstein, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Robert J. Gregory (argued and briefed), Office of the General Counsel, Washington, DC, Charles E. Guerrier, C. Larry Watson, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Cleveland District Office, Cleveland, OH, for Plaintiff-Appellee EEOC in 98-3987, 98-3988., Richard Whelan, Jr., Thompson, Hine & Flory, Cleveland, OH, Frank D. Celebrezze (argued and briefed), McNeal, Schick, Archibald & Biro, Cleveland, OH, for Defendant-Appellee United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices in 98-3935., Mark S. Floyd, Richard Whelan, Jr., Thompson, Hine & Flory, Cleveland, OH, Nancy J. Fleming (briefed), Lakewood, OH, for Defendant-Appellee Mechanical Contractors Association of Cleveland in 98-3935., Mark S. Floyd, Richard Whelan, Jr., Thompson, Hine & Flory, Cleveland, OH, for Defendant-Appellee in 98-3986., Frank D. Celebrezze (argued), McNeal, Schick, Archibald & Biro, Cleveland, OH, Nancy J. Fleming (briefed), Lakewood, OH, for Defendant-Appellee United Association of Journeymen and Apprentices in 98-3986., Douglas A. Darch (argued and briefed), William P. Dugan (briefed), Seyfarth, Shaw, Fairweather & Geraldson, Chicago, IL, for Defendant-Appellant Honeywell in 98-3987 and Johnson Controls in 98-3988., Richard Whelan, Jr., Thompson, Hine & Flory, Cleveland, OH, for Defendant-Appellee Mechanical Contractors Association of Cleveland in 98-3987, 98-3988.