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Workplace Prof Blog (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
I posted a couple of weeks ago about Briscoe v. New Haven, the disparate impact suit brought by a New Haven firefighter who would have been first on the list if the oral portion of the exam were was weighted...
The Volokh Conspiracy (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
The Supreme Court’s decision in Ricc v. DeStefano did not put an end to litigation over the New Haven Fire Department’s use of tests for firefighter promotions. One black firefighter, Michael Briscoe, has filed a disparate impact suit against the city (more here), and other black firefighters have sought to intervene in Ricci on remand. [...]
VDARE.com: Blog Articles (Free subscription) | 10/24/2009
In Slate, Stanford law professor Richard Thompson Ford is trumpeting: Sure enough, last week, just as New Haven prepared to promote a group consisting almost entirely of white fire captains and lieutenants based on the exam results, a black New Haven firefighter, Michael Briscoe, filed a disparate-impact lawsuit against the city. Like Frank Ricci, Briscoe is [...]
