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BROWN v. NEW HAVEN CIVIL SERVICE BD.

Civ. No. N-78-234.

474 F.Supp. 1256 (1979)

Frank BROWN, Jr. et al. v. The NEW HAVEN CIVIL SERVICE BOARD et al.

United States District Court, D. Connecticut.

July 27, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Clarance J. Jones, Center for Advocacy, Research & Planning, Inc., New Haven, Conn., for plaintiffs.

Joseph D. Garrison, Sp. Asst. Corp. Counsel, New Haven, Conn., for defendants.

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT

NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.*

The three plaintiffs, Black citizens of Connecticut, have brought this suit alleging racial discrimination in testing and hiring for the New Haven police force during 1978. The basic claim is that a written examination administered in February, 1978, to applicants for the police force had a disproportionate impact upon Blacks that cannot...

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