59 Fair empl.prac.cas. (Bna) 63, 59 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 41,531 John P. O'shea, San Francisco Firefighter Matthew Plescia Daniel A. Sullivan James R. Hentz Ronald J. Van Pool Michael C. Papera Patrick M. Skain v. City of San Francisco San Francisco Fire Department San Francisco Civil Service Commission Art Agnos, Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco, and San Francisco Black Firefighters Association Chinese for Affirmative Action, Defendants-Intervenors

966 F.2d 503 59 Fair Empl.Prac.Cas. (BNA) 63 , 59 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 41,531 John P. O'SHEA, San Francisco Firefighter; Matthew Plescia; Daniel A. Sullivan; James R. Hentz; Ronald J. Van Pool; Michael C. Papera; Patrick M. Skain, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO; San Francisco Fire Department; San Francisco Civil Service Commission; Art Agnos, Mayor of the City and County of San Francisco, Defendants-Appellees, and San Francisco Black Firefighters Association; Chinese for Affirmative Action, Defendants-Intervenors. No. 91-15120. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 13, 1992. Decided June 8, 1992. Robert Ernest Gyemant, Dennis A. Babbits, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants. George A. Riley, Arthur Greenberg and Christina Hall, Deputy City Attys., San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees. William C. McNeill, III, Employment Law Center, Eva Jefferson Paterson, Michael Harris, San Francisco Lawyers' Committee for Urban Affairs, Denise M. Hulett, Antonia Hernandez, Mexican-American Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Maria Blanco, Equal Rights Advocates, San Francisco, Cal., Mari Mayeda, Saperstein, Seligman, Mayeda…