Richard Tafoya
Jun 29th, 2009, 11:51 AM
NPR:
http://www.npr.org/blogs/politicaljunkie/2009/06/court_rules_in_favor_of_white.html
Looks like Sotomayor's legal ruling matched Souter's legal ruling in this case. And this becomes one of 67% of lower court cases that the Supreme Court overturns almost each year.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this morning that the city of New Haven, Conn., unfairly denied promotions to white firefighters because of their race.
The 5-4 ruling in Ricci v. DeStefano overturns a decision by a three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit, a panel that included Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.
Voting in the majority were Justices Anthony Kennedy, Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Chief Justice John Roberts.
Voting in the minority were Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, David Souter and John Paul Stevens. Souter is retiring after this session, and Sotomayor has been nominated to replace him.
Kennedy wrote the majority opinion and Ginsburg wrote the minority opinion.
The entire decision can be found here (http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/08pdf/07-1428.pdf).
http://www.npr.org/blogs/politicaljunkie/2009/06/court_rules_in_favor_of_white.html
Looks like Sotomayor's legal ruling matched Souter's legal ruling in this case. And this becomes one of 67% of lower court cases that the Supreme Court overturns almost each year.
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled this morning that the city of New Haven, Conn., unfairly denied promotions to white firefighters because of their race.
The 5-4 ruling in Ricci v. DeStefano overturns a decision by a three-judge panel from the U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit, a panel that included Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.
Voting in the majority were Justices Anthony Kennedy, Samuel Alito, Antonin Scalia, Clarence Thomas and Chief Justice John Roberts.
Voting in the minority were Justices Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Stephen Breyer, David Souter and John Paul Stevens. Souter is retiring after this session, and Sotomayor has been nominated to replace him.
Kennedy wrote the majority opinion and Ginsburg wrote the minority opinion.
The entire decision can be found here (http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/08pdf/07-1428.pdf).