UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
MARIN COUNTY CHAPTER OF
NATIONAL ORGANIZATION FOR Case No. 76-cv-01239-RS WOMEN, et al., 11 Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO VACATE CONSENT DECREE v. 13 COUNTY OF MARIN, et al., 14 Defendants.
I. INTRODUCTION On January 28, 1980, this Court entered a Consent Decree between Plaintiff Marin County Chapter of the National Organization of Women (“Marin NOW”) and Defendant County of Marin (“the County”) aimed at ensuring equal opportunities for women in County employment. Now, over forty years later, the County moves to vacate the Consent Decree under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b)(5). As discussed in greater detail below, the County has satisfied (and in some areas exceeded) the goals of the Consent Decree, and further enforcement of the Decree would be inequitable. Thus, the motion is granted, and the Consent Decree is vacated. II. BACKGROUND Marin NOW was the Marin County…