# Ricci v. DeStefano Court of Appeals Oral Argument

U.S. Court of Appeals - 287320-1-DVD - Ricci v. DeStefano Court of Appeals Oral Argument - The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit heard oral argument in the case of Ricci v. Destefano. The Court would decide if city officials in New Haven, Connecticut discriminated against white firefighters by throwing out a promotions exam that no African Americans and only two Hispanics passed. The firefighters argued that city officials violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act by discriminating against them because of their race. Judge Sotomayor was one of the judges in this case. This program contains a portion of the audio recording released by the court. Still images of participants were shown on the screen as they spoke. Filmed by C-SPAN. Non-commercial use only. For more information, see http://www.c-spanvideo.org/program/287320-1

- Kind: Educational
- Year: 2007
- By: U.S. Court of Appeals
- Genres: Education
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/org.c-span.287320-1)
- Licence or status: [CC0 1.0](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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