The Supreme Court on Monday seemed supportive of arguments by Chicago minority firefighters that a new 300-day period for filing discrimination charges opened each time the city used scores from a discriminatory examination to hire someone. A class of about 6,000 African-American applicants for firefighter positions sued the city, alleging that an entry-level exam had a disparate impact on African-Americans in violation of Title VII. The city conceded the test had a disparate impact but argued the suit was time-barred.
February 24, 2010 at 12:00 AM
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The Supreme Court on Monday seemed supportive of arguments by Chicago minority firefighters that a new 300-day period for filing discrimination charges opened each time the city used scores from a discriminatory examination to hire someone.
John Payton, director-counsel and president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, told the justices that Chicago on 11 occasions used unlawful cutoff scores on a qualifying exam to make hiring decisions.
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