多数人发觉纽黑文市无法证明差别性影响是违规的。但是法院并没有就这一条款的合宪性做出裁决。
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Anthony Kennedy
Ruth Bader Ginsberg
Kevin Russell
New Haven
Sonia Sotomayor
David Souter
Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote the majority opinion. "The City," he said, "rejected the test results solely because the higher scoring candidates were white." Fear of legal action alone, he said, "cannot justify an employer's reliance on race" if it hurts qualified individuals. Writing for the disse…
大法官安东尼·肯尼迪给出了以多票通过的裁决。他说："只因为获得高分的候选人是白人，纽黑文市否决了此次考试结果。”仅担心法律诉讼不足，他说，如果（雇主）根据种族决定升迁会损害有资格的人员的利益。 法官鲁斯·巴德·金思伯格对此持反对意见，她说，获得高分的白人消防队员“更容易得到法院的同情分”。同时，她也表…