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· 11/13/1985

Hershel CLADY, Et Al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, Defendant-Appellee

Citations

  • 770 F.2d 1421

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • rejecting the contention that a validity study must include individuals who failed the challenged test
  • upholding district court where plaintiffs \failed to demonstrate that the [district] court's finding of job relatedness was clearly erroneous\
  • identifying factors to 6 || consider when dismissing action for failure to prosecute or for failure to comply with court 7 || orders
  • analyzing pass rates on written examination as a whole as “a discrete selection device”
  • “[a]s a general principle, the greater the test’s adverse impact, the higher the correlation which will be required”
  • adverse impact on Hispanics, based upon 22.1% difference in pass rates, and 73% adverse impact ratio

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Judges: Wright, Alarcon, Norris

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