Court Rules for White Firefighters, Reversing Sotomayor Decision

ABC News by ABC News' Jan Crawford Greenburg, Ariane DeVogue, Dennis Powell, the Associated Press contributed to this report. | Jun. 29, 2009 (News Report)

In a blow to U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, the Court ruled today that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge.

In a case that has gone to the Supreme Court, firefighters with the New Haven, Conn., Fire Department say that they were denied promotions because the city gave preferential treatment to ... Full Story »

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 by Michael Bugeja - Jun. 29, 2009

Keep in mind that this is a breaking news story and, as such, the sourcing and writing will expand in the next day or so; but the reporters did research and share facts that speak to an important case--made more so because it is a reversal of an appeals ruling in which U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor partook.

It's interesting to me as a journalist to see how prepared reporters are for breaking stories; this one was anticipated.

Blacks make up about a third of New Haven’s 221 firefighters, 15 percent are officers — eight of 42 lieutenants and one of 18 captains.

Example of pre-publication research: these data are pertinent to the story.

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