Law360, New York (March 27, 2009, 12:00 AM EDT) -- A jury has found that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey violated the civil rights of 11 Asian-American police officers by denying them promotions during, in some cases, more than 20 years of service.
A jury in the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York returned a unanimous verdict Thursday in favor of the plaintiffs, who alleged that the Port Authority had violated Title VII in repeatedly denying promotions to Asian-American police officers, awarding $1.64 million in back pay and...
Asian-American Police Win Bias Suit V. Port Authority
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