ANTONELLI v. NEW JERSEY

No. 04-2573.

419 F.3d 267 (2005)

Daniel ANTONELLI, Patrick M. Basil, April Belo, Frederick P. Bender, III, Edward J. Benenati, Jr., Scott Bronco, Joseph F. Cavalieri, Patrick Cerniglia, Robert M. Chamberlain, Derek Cohen, Raymond A. Cross, Franck Daniel, Shawn A. Depoe, Dennis Dowhy, David Fiore, Michael P. Hallahan, Scott Patrick Henderson, Peter T. Hennen, Jeffrey L. Iannacone, Joseph A. Ivanicki, Jr., Jason Jasovsky, Enot Medina, Jr., Michael Mitchell, Anthony Monguso, Justin A. Pelka, Karl M. Peterson, Steven B. Polumbo, Jason Puser, Brendan Rhodes, Christopher O. Riley, Brian Schmitt, Daniel C. Sheridan, Robert B. Sinton, Chris A. Smith, Dennis Steinberger, Raymond J. Tanis, Joseph Taylor, Jr., Michael S. Wohl, Daniel Zuena, New Jersey State Firemen's Mutual Benevolent Association v. State of NEW JERSEY, United States of America, Janice Mitchell Mintz, Henry Mauer, Lewis A. Scheindlin, John L. Kraus, Jr., Arthur E. Brown, Jr., Linda G. Robinson, John Doe, John Kraus, Terry Mitchell, eSelex, Inc. New Jersey State Firemen's Mutual Benevolent Association v. State of New Jersey, United States of America Mark Deegan, Paul Figueroa, Terrence D. Maisano, Katherine F. Matos, Jean-Paul Olivieri, Angelo Rizzolo, Christopher T. Samona, Mark R. Smith v. State of New Jersey, Janice M. Mintz, Commissioner of the Department of Personnel, John Does 1 Through 5, United States of America Scott Bronco, Raymond A. Cross, Derek Cohen, David Fiore, Michael P. Hallahan, Scott Patrick Henderson, Jeffrey L. Iannacone, Enot Medina Jr., Jason Jasovsky, Karl M. Peterson, Steven B. Polumbo, Jason Puser, Brendan Rhodes, Daniel C. Sheridan, Dennis P. Steinberger, Ronald J. Tanis, Joseph Taylor, Jr., Michael S. Wohl, and Daniel Zuena, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Filed August 17, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Rohrberger (Argued), Craig S. Gumpel, Benjamin Benson, Fox and Fox LLP, Livingston, New Jersey, for Appellants.

Lisa J. Stark (Argued), R. Alexander Acosta, Assistant Attorney General, Dennis J. Dimsey, Sarah Harrington, Conor Dugan, Department of Justice, Civil Rights Division, Appellate Section, Ben Franklin Station, Washington, D.C., for Appellees.

Lisa D. Ruch (Argued), Peter C. Harvey, Attorney General of New Jersey, R.J. Hughes Justice Complex, Trenton, New Jersey, for Appellees.

Before SLOVITER, FISHER and ALDISERT, Circuit Judges.


ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.

This appeal from summary judgment entered by the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey requires us to decide whether the entry-level firefighter examination administered by the New Jersey Department of Personnel (the "Department") in 1999 and 2000 (the "1999 Exam") violated the rights of Appellants Daniel Antonelli, et. al., under the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Appellants are 27 individuals who...

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