Legal Opinion
Vulcan Society of the New York City Fire Department, Inc. v. Civil Service Commission of New York
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 12, 1973No. 73 Civ. 201PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
EDWARD WEINFELD, District Judge.
This is a civil rights action brought under 42 U.S.C., sections 1981 and 1983, and their jurisdictional counterparts, 28 U.S.C., sections 1331, 1343(3) and 1343(4), challenging the validity of the hiring and promotion procedures of the New York City Fire Department (hereafter the “Department”) on the ground that they discriminate against blacks and Hispanics in violation of the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Essentially the claim is that the challenged procedures do not fairly test the skills and qualifications needed to become a…
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