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: New York Supreme Court Criminal Term LibraryU.S. Supreme Court: Even Well -Intentioned Decisions Cannot be Race-Based
By David Badertscher, PLL
Source: Lexology, July 28, 2009.
U.S. Supreme Court: even well-intentioned decisions cannot be race-based
Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
"On June 29, 2009, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a 5-4 decision in Ricci v. DeStafano, a case brought by white and Hispanic firefighters in New Haven, Conn., who passed promotional exams but were denied a chance at promotions based on the test when the city refused to certify the results because of a statistical racial disparity."
Full post as published by New York Supreme Court Criminal Term Library on July 28, 2009 (boomark / email).
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