Patrick Higgins v. City of Vallejo

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• holding that Title VII was not violated when a black firefighter was promoted over a white firefighter pursuant to an affirmative action plan designed to remedy past discrimination
• approving municipal affirmative action plan for promoting firefighters where “[o]nly qualified applicants are considered for promotions, and all applicants are entitled to compete against all others”
• evaluating a fire department’s affirma- tive action program under an unmodified Title VII standard
• 1982 affirmative action program supported by 1973 state agency finding of discrimination and racial imbalance in municipal workforce

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