Opinion ID: 752355
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 1

Heading: Identification of Victims

Text: 9 The remedial stage of this action proved to be at least as controversial as the litigation. In January 1993, the district court granted the United States' request to notify victims of Warren's past discriminatory practices that they may have been entitled to relief. On June 28, 1993, the court entered an order describing the procedure the United States should use to identify victims of Warren's Title VII violations. 2 10 Out of 300 claims, the United States narrowed the list of possible victims to 75 people. This list shrank to thirty individuals in August 1994 after the court granted Warren's motion for partial summary judgment to exclude forty-five claimants who stated that they would have applied for positions other than police officer or firefighter positions had they known of the openings, but were unaware of the preapplication residency requirement. The court declined to allow these claims to proceed, reasoning that they were inconsistent with its prior ruling that the United States had not presented sufficient evidence to prove that Warren's recruiting practices had a disparate impact on applicants for positions other than police and firefighter positions. 11 In light of the court's ruling, the United States re-evaluated the remaining group of thirty claimants and narrowed it further, recommending relief for eleven individuals. Warren moved for summary judgment a second time, asserting that none of the eleven individuals was entitled to relief, and that any relief granted should be limited by various enumerated factors. In March 1996, the district court granted Warren's motion with respect to three claimants whom the court found could not prove they would have applied for police or firefighter positions but for the discrimination. Thus, eight individual claimants remained.