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Federal judge lifts consent decree against Jefferson County
Updated Dec 21, 2020;
Posted Dec 21, 2020
Jefferson County Commission President Jimmie Stephens, center, responds to a federal judge s Dec. 21, 2020 order lifting the consent decree against Jefferson County.
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A federal judge today lifted a 1982 consent decree against Jefferson County aimed at preventing discrimination in its hiring practices.
“This is a momentous day,” wrote U.S. District Judge Lynnwood Smith in a letter filed with his order terminating the consent decree.
Attorneys for both sides in the long-running lawsuit filed statements agreeing that the county has made dramatic strides in fairness for Blacks and females in hiring practices.
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The Birmingham Times
After nearly four decades under federal supervision for discriminatory hiring practices, Jefferson County today was released from one of the longest serving consent decrees in the country.
In a nine-page order, U.S. District Judge Lynwood Smith terminated a 38-year-old consent decree writing that the county has “demonstrated its ability and commitment to function in compliance with federal law, absent judicial supervision.”
The consent decree, which stemmed from a 1975-era lawsuit that claimed Jefferson County was discriminatory in hiring practices of Blacks and women, was entered on Dec. 29, 1982 and has involved tens of millions in legal fees, five years with a court appointed receivership and two years with a monitor.