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- Title
Ricci's "Color-Blind" Standard in a Race Conscious Society: A Case of Unintended Consequences?
- Authors
Zimmer, Michael J.
- Abstract
The article analyzes the opinion of the U.S. Supreme Court in the Ricci v. DeStefano case where the City of New Haven, Connecticut was found to have violated the disparate treatment law after it refused to use the test results for promoting Hispanic firefighters. It explains how the Court brought a radical way of treating disparate treatment liability by adopting a "color-blind" standard. It adds that this broadens the scope of application of disparate treatment law and made it easier for civil rights advocates to file for disparate treatment actions.
- Subjects
NEW Haven (Conn.); CONNECTICUT; RICCI v. DeStefano; FIRE fighters; CIVIL rights; UNITED States. Supreme Court
- Publication
Brigham Young University Law Review, 2010, Vol 2010, Issue 4, p1257
- ISSN
0360-151X
- Publication type
Article