New Haven 20 win case
On June 29, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in favor of 20 New Haven firefighters who claimed, in a reverse discrimination suit, that they were denied a promotion because of their ethnicity.
The Court’s 5–4 ruling in Ricci v. DeStefano set a new standard that increases the amount of evidence that must be present to throw out an employment or promotion test — something that could potentially limit an employee’s ability to bring a case against his or her employer when there is no evidence of intentional discrimination.
The ruling also overturns a decision that...
