White Firefighters win Supreme Court appeal

Monday, June 29, 2009 | 2:50 p.m. CDT; updated 4:20 p.m. CDT, Monday, June 29, 2009

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court ruled Monday that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge.

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