Donaldsonville Released From Consent Decree In Discriminatory Hiring Situation
DONALDSONVILLE, La. (AP) — Donaldsonville Mayor Leroy Sullivan has signed an agreement to end the city’s involvement in a consent decree issued 32 years ago to prevent discriminatory hiring for civil service jobs.
The Advocate reports the city council voted unanimously to approve a joint stipulation of dismissal agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice, removing the city from a list of Louisiana municipalities affected by the decree.
Sullivan signed the agreement Thursday.
The decree stems from a lawsuit filed against the city of Alexandria and numerous other Louisiana municipalities in 1977. Although Donaldsonville was not included in the lawsuit, it was covered by the consent decree.
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