A class of 6,000 African-Americans who sued the city of Chicago for race bias in its hiring of firefighters did not bring untimely discrimination charges, the U.S. Supreme Court held on Monday.
In Lewis v. City of Chicago, the justices unanimously held that when an employer institutes a practice having an illegal discriminatory — disparate — impact, it may be challenged each time the employer uses it.
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