Legal Opinion
Guardians Ass'n of the New York City Police Department, Inc. v. Civil Service Commission
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 31, 1980No. 849, Docket 80-7027PublishedCited by 90 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
This employment discrimination suit pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-2, once again requires this Court to venture into the complex realm of testing and test validation. The test at issue was designed by New York City officials and administrated on June 30, 1979 to 36,797 applicants for positions on the City’s police force. Plaintiffs are the Guardians Association of the New York City Police Department, Inc., an organization of Black police officers, the Hispanic Society of the New York City Police Department, Inc., an organization…
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