Federal Judge in Boston OVERTURNS AFFIRMATIVE ACTION in Firefighter Case -- on a limited basis

Associated Press via Yahoo ^ | Aug 26, 2003 | AP

[CaptIsaacDavis]

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Boston Ordered to Hire White Firefighters Tue Aug 26, 6:47 AM ET Add U.S. National - AP to My Yahoo!

BOSTON - Four white men passed over for firefighting jobs in favor of minority candidates who scored lower on civil service tests must be hired as soon as possible, a federal judge has ruled. The men had sued the Boston Fire Department for discrimination. They must also be awarded back pay and seniority they would have earned...

"I think hopefully we're just going back to normal, the way it was meant to be, so that now they are just hiring the best person, regardless of race or color," said Harold Lichten, the attorney for all five men...

The judge's decision applies only to the men who sued and was not intended to establish a precedent for other white applicants who were passed over in October 2000. Joseph Quinn already has been hired; the other plaintiffs were Sean O'Brien; Robert Dillon; Joseph Sullivan, and C. Roger Kendrick Jr...

The judge at first rejected the civil rights suit filed in April 2001, the first to challenge the department's affirmative action hiring policy since 1989, when it was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court (news - web sites)...

But the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals (news - web sites) reversed Stearns, ruling in March that the city has achieved its goal of racial parity among entry-level firefighters, and no longer needed to abide by a nearly 30-year-old court order that departments across the state have used as a model to correct racial imbalance.

[CaptIsaacDavis]

COMMENT: This is a direct slap at Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and other Justidces on the U.S. Supreme Court who voted to uphold "holistic...critical mass" quotas for upwards of 25 years in the Michigan State University Law School case.

[Zavien Doombringer]

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[CaptIsaacDavis]

Sorry, I just noticed this one was already posted by Kattracks. This is a DUPLICATE.

It was also University of Michigan.

[ConservativeMan55]

What is the name of the judge that did this? I'd like to nominate him for the Supreme Court!

[sgtbono2002]

The Washington DC Fire Departmemt paid out 10 million dollars when they lost a law suit to White Chiefs who had been passed over for the Fire Chief job. They paid out the 10 million but they never made a white Fire Chief. Its been 40 years since Washington DC had a white Fire Chief. Actually its been 40 years since Washington DC had a qualified Fire Chief. All except for an interim appointment of Tommy Tippett for 6 months. Who quit when Dc tried to force him to cut manpower and endanger Firefighters.
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[concerned about politics]

"I think hopefully we're just going back to normal, the way it was meant to be, so that now they are just hiring the best person, regardless of race or color,"

What kind of idiot Nazi would think otherwise?

(Never mind.)

[adam_az]

The judge's decision applies only to the men who sued and was not intended to establish a precedent for other white applicants who were passed over in October 2000. Joseph Quinn already has been hired; the other plaintiffs were Sean O'Brien; Robert Dillon; Joseph Sullivan, and C. Roger Kendrick Jr...

The affirmative action racists still won the day.