Castro v. Beecher

U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit · Decided 1972-04-26

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COFFIN, Circuit Judge. This case epitomizes the classic, clumsy and yet unavoidable attempt to rectify, through the courts, long standing though not consciously intended discriminatory selection policies in public employment in a northern community. The fact that the discrimination was not intended has raised somewhat novel issues relating to the standards for judging pol *728</page…

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