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Sotomayor Firefighter Ruling Reversed by High Court (Update4)
bloomberg.com - 6/29/2009
Sotomayor Firefighter Ruling Reversed by High Court (Update4)
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June 29 (Bloomberg) -- A divided U.S. Supreme Court , reversing a decision by Sonia Sotomayor and two other judges, said a Connecticut city violated white firefighters’ rights by canceling planned promotions because no blacks qualified. The justices, voting 5-4, said New Haven improperly used ...
Justices Reject Sotomayor Position 9-0 -- But Bigger Battles Loom
ninthjustice.nationaljournal.com - 6/30/2009
Justices Reject Sotomayor Position 9-0 -- But Bigger Battles Loom
— ninthjustice.nationaljournal.com — The Supreme Court's predictable 5-4 vote to reverse the decision by Judge Sonia Sotomayor and two federal... appeals court colleagues against 17 white (and one Hispanic) plaintiffs in the now-famous New Haven, Conn., firefighters decision does not by ... (more) Justices Reject Sotomayor Position 9-0 -- But Bigger ...

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legalinsurrection.blogspot.com - 6/29/2009
Supreme Court Reverses Sotomayor
— legalinsurrection.blogspot.com — In a 5-4 ruling authored by Justice Anthony Kennedy, the U.S. Supreme Court has reversed the ruling... by Supreme Court Nominee Sonia Sotomayor and two other Court of Appeals judges in the case of Ricci v. DeStefano . [Full opinion and analysis below] ... (more) Supreme Court Reverses Sotomayor

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rasmussenreports.com - 7/1/2009
Public Support for Sotomayor Falls After Supreme Court Reversal
— rasmussenreports.com — A heavily publicized U.S. Supreme Court reversal of an appeals court ruling by Judge Sonia Sotomayor has... at least temporarily diminished public support for President Obama's first Supreme Court nominee. The latest Rasmussen Reports national ... (more) Public Support for Sotomayor Falls After Supreme Court ...

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Discriminations:  Ricci et al. Vindicated; Ricci Reversed!

How Appealing:  "Supreme Court rules for white firefighters in bias case"

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Ricci et al. Vindicated; Ricci Reversed!
Discriminations — ... Much of the early commentary understandably concentrates on the likely impact of the Supreme’s implicitly, and in some instances explicitly, repudiating the work of the Second Circuit panel on which Judge Sotomayor sat. See, for example, here, ...

"Supreme Court rules for white firefighters in bias case"
How Appealing — "Supreme Court rules for white firefighters in bias case": Michael Doyle of McClatchy Newspapers has this report. James Vicini of Reuters reports that "Supreme Court rules against city in race-based promotions case." Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that "Sotomayor Firefighter Ruling Reversed by High Court." The Hartford Courant has a news update headlined "Court Rules For White New Haven Firefighters Over Promotions; Opinion reverses a decision that U.S. Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed." And The New Haven ...

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