1.0 link 222233 <![CDATA[Ricci Decision: 5-4 Ruling In Favor Of Firefighters (FULL DECISION TEXT)]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/29/ricci-decision-5-4-ruling_n_222233.html The Supreme Court has ruled that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge.

New Haven was wrong to scrap a promotion exam because no African-Americans and only two Hispanic firefighters were likely to be made lieutenants or captains based on the results, the court said Monday in a 5-4 decision. The city said that it had acted to avoid...

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