U.S. Supreme Court
Jun. 30, 2009
High Court Issues Major Race Ruling
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that the City of New Haven, Conn. should not have discarded the results of a test for firefighters seeking promotion after blacks didn't score highly enough on it.
By Lawrence Hurley
Daily Journal Staff Writer WASHINGTON - Making it harder for minorities to file race discrimination claims against employers, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday the City of New Haven, Conn., should not have discarded the results of a test for firefighters seeking promotion after blacks didn't score highly enough on it. But the 5-4 decision stopped short of striking down part of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, a key law that ...
Daily Journal Staff Writer WASHINGTON - Making it harder for minorities to file race discrimination claims against employers, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday the City of New Haven, Conn., should not have discarded the results of a test for firefighters seeking promotion after blacks didn't score highly enough on it. But the 5-4 decision stopped short of striking down part of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, a key law that ...
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