NEW HAVEN, Conn.—A lawyer for a group of New Haven firefighters that won a reverse discrimination case before the U.S. Supreme Court last year is seeking to have a lower court judge step down from the case.
Attorney Karen Torre filed a motion Tuesday saying U.S. District Judge Janet Bond Arterton should recuse herself because of an appearance of potential bias. Arterton has said she sees no reason to step down.
Torre's motion cites Arterton's relationship with a lawyer for black firefighters who have tried to intervene in the case, among other reasons.
The Supreme Court ruled that city officials violated white firefighters' civil rights when they threw out 2003 promotion tests results because too few minorities did well. The firefighters are back in court seeking back pay, damages and legal fees.
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Information from: New Haven Register, http://www.nhregister.com
