Broadnax v. City of New Haven

Opinion

ROGERS, C. J.

The defendants, the city of New Haven (city), the city’s department of fire service (fire department), and the city’s board of fire commissioners, 1 appeal 2 from the judgment of the trial court, rendered after a jury trial, in favor of the plaintiffs, John R. Bran-tley and Christopher Texeira, 3 two African-American firefighters employed by the fire department. The jury found that, by promoting other firefighters through a practice called “underfilling,” 4 the defendants had diS criminated against the plaintiffs on the basis of race in violation of their right to equal…