BRADLEY v. CITY OF LYNN

No. CIV.A.05-10213-PBS.

403 F.Supp.2d 161 (2005)

Jacob BRADLEY, Noah Bradley, Keith Ridley, and Jared Thomas, Plaintiffs, v. CITY OF LYNN, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

December 6, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Nadine M. Cohen, Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, Alfred Gordon, Pyle, Rome, Lichten & Ehrenberg, P.C., Harold L. Lichten, Pyle, Rome Lichten, Ehrenberg & Liss-Riordan, P.C., Shannon E. Liss-Riordan, Pyle, Rome, Lichten, Ehrenberg & Liss-Riordan, P.C., Mark D. Selwyn, Wilmer Hale, Boston, MA, for Plaintiffs.

Victoria S. Cole, Mass. Attorney General, Ronald F. Kehoe, Attorney General's Office, Boston, MA, James Lamanna, City Solicitor's Office, George S. Markopoulos, George S. Markopoilos, Lynn, MA, Sookyoung Shin, Attorney General's Office, Boston, MA, for Defendants.

John F. McMahon, Angoff, Goldman, Manning & Hynes, Boston, MA, for Interested Party.


MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

SARIS, District Judge.

In this proposed class action, plaintiffs, who are African-Americans, have sued the City of Lynn, the Human Resources Division of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (the "HRD"), and various public officials, alleging that the civil service examinations for entry-level firefighters and police officers result in a disparate impact on minority candidates. Plaintiffs assert that the HRD and the personnel administrator...

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