Legal Opinion
Victoria Pietras v. Board of Fire Commissioners of the Farmingville Fire District
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided June 18, 1999No. 98-7334(L), 98-7486(XAP)PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:
Following a bench trial, defendant-appellant Board of Fire Commissioners of the Farmingville Fire District (“Farming-ville”) appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Denis R. Hurley, Judge). The district court found that Farmingville’s physical agility test (“PAT”), which all probationary volunteer firefighters were required to pass in order to become full-fledged volunteer firefighters, had a disparate impact on women. Accordingly, the court granted injunctive relief to plaintiff-appellee Victoria Pietras, a…
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