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QUINN v. CITY OF BOSTON

No. 02-1727.

325 F.3d 18 (2003)

Joseph E. QUINN, et al., Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. CITY OF BOSTON, et al., Defendants, Appellees, National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Intervenor, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided March 27, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold L. Lichten, with whom Pyle, Rome, Lichten & Ehrenberg, P.C. was on brief, for appellants.

Christine M. Roach, with whom Roach & Carpenter, P.C. and Merita A. Hopkins, Corporation Counsel, were on brief, for defendants-appellees.

Toni G. Wolfman, with whom Foley Hoag LLP, Nadine M. Cohen, Maricia Woodham, and Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law were on brief, for intervenor-appellee.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge, and LIPEZ, Circuit Judge.

SELYA, Circuit Judge.

For over a quarter of a century, the hiring of firefighters in the City of Boston (the City) has taken place in the albedo of a federal court consent decree designed to remedy the effects of past discrimination against African-Americans and Hispanics. On April 11, 2001, five candidates for employment (the Candidates) brought suit in the federal district court alleging that the City had discriminated against them on the basis of race when hiring...

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