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UNITED STATES v. STATE OF N.J.

Civ. A. Nos. 950-73, 77-2054 and 79-184.

614 F.Supp. 387 (1985)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. STATE OF NEW JERSEY, et al., Defendants, and Robert M. Sheridan, et al., Intervenors.

United States District Court, D. New Jersey.

July 26, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald F. George, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Washington, D.C., for plaintiff.

Mark Fleming, Deputy Atty. Gen., Trenton, N.J., for State of N.J.

Thomas Calligy, Hoboken, N.J., for Hoboken.

Schneider, Cohen & Solomon by David Grossman, Jersey City, N.J., for intervenors Sheridan, et al.

OPINION

SAROKIN, District Judge.

The court is, once again, confronted with the claim of persons who have taken and passed a civil service examination for firefighter and now stand on the brink of appointment. The court reiterates its recognition of the frustration and the sense of unfairness experienced by persons who may be denied an opportunity because of the need to protect the rights of minorities.

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