Court rules in firefighters’ discrimination case
Published: June 29, 2009
Tags: disparate impact, Title VII
New Haven city officials violated Title VII by refusing to certify results of a test used to give firefighters promotions after only two minority members passed, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled.
City officials said they threw out the test results after all but two minority firefighters failed to qualify for a promotion under the test.
That result, ...
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