Boston Chapter, N.A.A.C.P., Inc. v. Beecher
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge.
For many years applicants for the position of fire fighter in the cities and towns of Massachusetts have had to pass a written multiple-choice' test (the “test”), administered by the Massachusetts Division of Civil Service. The Division appeals from a district court decision holding the test insufficiently related to a fire fighter’s duties to justify its disproportionate impact upon black and Spanish surnamed applicants and ordering a preference to be given members of those minorities, in future hiring, to remedy past discrimination. 371 F.Supp. 507…
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