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Supreme Court Rules Connecticut Firefighters Unfairly Denied Promotions Because Of Race

By ACLU

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NEW YORK ? The U.S. Supreme Court today ruled that the City of New Haven, Connecticut wrongly threw out a promotion examination for the city's firefighters, saying there was not sufficient evidence that the exam's impact on minorities violated the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Full post as published by ACLU Newsroom on June 29, 2009 (boomark / email).

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