In a lawsuit filed by a part-time police officer claiming she was passed over for a full-time opening because of discrimination, a federal judge has ruled that evidence of full-time officers voting for the person they wanted to see fill the position is admissible.

While plaintiff Tiffany Cooper claimed the evidence was prejudicial, U.S. District Judge Arthur J. Schwab of the Western District of Pennsylvania agreed with defendant Chippewa Township that the evidence was relevant to the case.