5 Fair empl.prac.cas. 1344, 6 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 8755 Bridgeport Guardians, Inc. v. Members of the Bridgeport Civil Service Commission

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• holding promotion quotas unwarranted but 4 affirming in all other respects
• passing rate for white applicants for police department 3V2 times that of minority candidates
• quota remedy justified for hiring but not for ranks above patrolman because there was no finding that the promotional examination was not job related
• employment rate disparity of 6.9 to 1 and passing rate disparity of 3.4 to 1 on written examination
• five years of entrance exams; twelve years of promotional exams were admitted, although for some reason the court did not compile the statistics on the promotional exams
• minorities constituted 3.6% of employees, 25% of population; hiring quota sustained

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