Fire Law Blog Fire Service and Public Safety Legal Issues Blog by Curt Varone
The beleaguered and litigation weary New Haven Fire Department took another step closer to resolving the contentious and demoralizing fight over promotions that has been going on for five years. Under order from the United States Supreme Court, the U.S. District Court in Connecticut ordered the department to certify the promotional lists for captain and lieutenant, and promote 14 of the original 20 members who claimed to be aggrieved when the department threw out the list because the racial make-up of the list did not include enough black candidates.
Judge Janet Bond Arterton issued the order on Tuesday, November 24, 2009, and without regard to the suit filed recently by black firefighters who claim the use of the list violate their Constitutional Rights. More on that story.
