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Lawsuits challenging state civil service firefighter and police examinations as having an unlawful disparate impact on minority applicants
In 2006, we won a federal court lawsuit challenging the Massachusetts entry level civil service examination for firefighters as having an unlawful disparate impact on minority applicants. We are now pursuing a similar case challenging the state’s promotional exam for police officers seeking to become sergeants. We will be going to trial on this case in federal court in July 2010. To learn more about these cases, read below. Police exams need to test the right stuff As Hub promotes officers, discrimination claims await hearing Patrick to appeal ruling on police, firefighter exams Few minority police supervisors Lawsuit challenges fairness of police promotional test Will Patrick stand tall? Judge orders fire departments to offer jobs Judge says firefighter tests biased and unfair Jacob Bradley et al. v. City of Lynn et al., 443 F.Supp.2d 145 (D.Mass. 2006) (following class action bench trial, court found that civil service exam had disparate impact on minorities, resulting in $2.15 million court-approved settlement, including the statewide hiring of more than 60 minority firefighters and police officers)
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