Chicago hires firefighters on the basis of a competitive examination plus additional criteria applied to those who achieve a passing score. During the last four years Chicago has been hiring from a list created in 1995; the list includes those who scored 89 or higher on that year's exam. The plaintiff class in a suit (Lewis v. Chicago) under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 contends...
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