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Nassau bias lawsuit cited in key Sotomayor case
WASHINGTON - Ten years ago, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals in New York rejected a reverse discrimination lawsuit by 68 white police applicants who charged that Nassau County "dumbed down" its entrance exam so more minorities could pass.
That case sent ripples beyond Long Island and last year was accepted as a precedent by a Second Circuit three-judge panel that included Judge Sonia Sotomayor...
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