N.A.A.C.P. v. NORTH HUDSON REGIONAL FIRE & RESCUE

Civ. No. 07-1683 (DRD).

707 F.Supp.2d 520 (2010)

The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF COLORED PEOPLE ("NAACP"); the Newark Branch, NAACP; the New Jersey State Conference NAACP; Allen Wallace; Lamara Wapples; and Altarik White, Plaintiffs, v. NORTH HUDSON REGIONAL FIRE & RESCUE, a body corporate and politic of the State of New Jersey, Defendant, v. Alex M. DeRojas, Randy Vasquez, Carlos Castillo, Orlando Duque, Pablo Claro, Intervenor-Defendants.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

April 23, 2010.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eugenie F. Temmler, Esq., Rabner, Allcorn, Baumgart & Ben-Asher, PC, Upper Montclair, NJ, David L. Rose, Esq., Joshua N. Rose, Esq., Rose & Rose, PC, Washington, DC, Angela Ciccolo, Esq., Anson Asaka, Esq., National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Baltimore, MD, for Plaintiffs.

Thomas R. Kobin, Esq., Joseph A. Lagana, Esq., Secaucus, NJ, for Defendant.

David F. Corrigan, Esq., Bradley D. Tishman, Esq., The Corrigan Law Firm, for Intervenor-Defendants.


OPINION

DEBEVOISE, Senior District Judge.

This suit is a disparate impact challenge to a consolidated municipal fire department, the North Hudson Regional Fire & Rescue's ("NHRFR") use of residency requirements for hiring. Plaintiffs, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People ("NAACP"), the Newark Branch of the NAACP, the New Jersey State Conference of the NAACP, Allen Wallace...

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