广播电视英语短句 第 332 课：升迁员工-3

Instead, white and Hispanic firefighters who passed went to court. 然后，通过考试的白人与拉美裔消防队员起诉。

Their case reached the Supreme Court, and in a five-to-four decision on Monday they won. 他们的案件最终上达最高法院，并且，在周一，以 5 票对 4 票的裁决赢了 ( 官司 ) 。

Justice Anthony Kennedy wrote the majority opinion. 安东尼 . 肯尼迪法官给出了以多票通过的裁决。

"The City," he said, "rejected the test results solely because the higher scoring candidates were white." 他说：“只是由于更高得分候选人是白人， 纽黑文市拒绝了考试结果。

Fear of legal action alone, he said, "cannot justify an employer's reliance on race" if it hurts qualified individuals. ”他说，如果雇主根据种族决定升迁损害有资格的人员，那么仅仅担心法律诉讼不足以支持雇主根据种族决定升迁 ( 的行为 ) 。