Court Issues Ruling In Firefighter Applicant Disparate Impact Case
Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak, & Stewart, P.C.
June 21, 2010
This morning, with Justice Antonin Scalia writing a unanimous opinion, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in a case brought by a group of African-American firefighter applicants who alleged that the city of Chicago's applicant selection process had a disparate impact on African-Americans in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Specifically, the applicants challenged the city's decision to exclude employment applicants who did not achieve a certain score on an examination – but not the city's decision to adopt that employment practice.
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