The U.S. Supreme Court today agreed to consider the case of New Haven, Connecticut firefighers who alleged reverse discrimination when the city denied them promotions despite high test scores, ostensibly out of fears that the test may have discriminated against minority applicants.  

I’ve covered the case, Ricci v. DeStefano, previously here and here, andCopyright 2009, Danieil A. Schwartz. All rights reserved. will post

The U.S. Supreme Court today agreed to hear the case of Gross v. FBL Financial Services. Inc. putting the issue of "Whether a plaintiff must present direct evidence of discrimination in order to obtain a mixed-motive instruction in a non-Title VII discrimination case" squarely before the court (H/T ScotusBlog).

The case, arising out of a