Legal Opinion
Ricci v. DeStefano
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided September 28, 2006No. Civil 3:04cv1109 (JBA)PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT [DOCS. ##52, 60]
JANET BOND ARTERTON, District Judge.
In March 2004 the New Haven Civil Service Board (“CSB”) refused to certify the results of two promotional exams for the positions of Lieutenant and Captain in the New Haven Fire Department. This lawsuit arises from the circumstances leading to that decision and its consequences.
Plaintiffs are seventeen white candidates and one Hispanic candidate who took the promotional exams, on which they fared very well, but received no promotion because without the CSB’s certification of the test results, the…
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3Cited by15 opinions
- Ricci v. DeStefanoSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
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