March 11, 2009 4:43 AM | 13 Comments
Seventy-five white firefighters will share $6 million in the settlement of a lawsuit that accused the city of reverse discrimination in a 1986 lieutenants' promotional exam, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

The city had "race normed" the results of the exam out of concern that it discriminated against black firefighters, but a jury found the test was fair. The city appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, which ruled on behalf of the white firefighters.

A lawyer told the Sun-Times the firefighters, many of whom have retired, can expect to receive their checks by this fall.

A group of 100 other white firefighters previously received tens of millions of dollars and benefits in a separate settlement in the same suit, the paper reported. That group was higher on the hiring list than the 75 firefighters.
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