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Houston Settles Black Firefighters' Bias Suit

By Eric Hornbeck · March 23, 2011, 7:51 PM EDT

Houston's city council approved a settlement Wednesday in a suit in Texas federal court filed by seven black firefighters accusing the city's fire department of racial discrimination in promotional examinations....

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Case Information

Case Title

Bazile et al v. City of Houston

Case Number

4:08-cv-02404

Court

Texas Southern

Nature of Suit

442(Civil Rights: Jobs)

Date Filed

August 04, 2008

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