57 Fair empl.prac.cas. (Bna) 902, 57 Empl. Prac. Dec. P 41,141 Anne G. Stuart v. Francis M. Roache, as He is Police Commissioner of the City of Boston

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• noting that “[w'Jhile an officer must have served three years to apply to become a sergeant, successful applicants had served an average of seven or more years in the police force”
• considering evidence of discrimination occurring eight years before the underlying claim was filed and ten years before the affirmative action plan at issue was instituted
• considering evidence of discrimination occurring eight years before the underlying claim was filed and ten years before the affirmative action plan at issue was instituted
• considering evidence of discrimination ten years before affirmative action plan instituted; upheld plan
• “One obvious reason ... why there may have been few black sergeants in the Boston Police Force in 1978 is that the Department had not hired many black police officers before 1970. Since unjustified discrimination accounted for the latter fact, [it] cannot excuse the former.”
• disparity index of 10 in police promotion program

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