Court Rules for White Firefighters, Reversing Sotomayor Decision
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 ...
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