Posts Tagged US Supreme Court
What Does the Ricci Decision Mean for Employers?
Posted by Cheryl Angeletti-Harris in Law Updates, Race Discrimination on July 1st, 2009
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled on June 29 in favor of the New Haven, Connecticut firefighters in Ricci v. DeStefano. White firefighters and one Hispanic firefighter had charged the city discriminated against them when it refused to promote them after they passed an examination that made them eligible for promotion. Few black firefighters passed that same examination [...]
Reverse Discrimination: How Will It Impact Sotomayor’s Confirmation?
Posted by Cheryl Angeletti-Harris in Law Updates on June 11th, 2009
The nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor as a justice of the United States Supreme Court has brought even more scrutiny to a reverse discrimination case now pending before the United States Supreme Court, Ricci v. Destefano.
At the center of the case is the city of New Haven, Connecticut’s 2003 promotion exam to select firefighters for [...]
