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...dilemmas of affirmative action, they have produced a string of splintered and often confusing rulings. At first glance, the affirmativeaction decisions handed down last week by the high court seemed only to add to the muddle. The cases, one involving Cleveland fire fighters and the other a New York sheet-metal-workers union, were quite different, and the court's rulings were reached by narrow and shifting majorities, as some Justices agreed with parts of one opinion but not others. However, the twin decisions were resoundingly clear on one essential score: six of the court's nine members emphatically rejected...
Both of the court's decisions last week were rooted in drawn-out battles. The New York case involves Local 28 of the Sheet Metal Workers International Association, which has been in and out of court since 1963 because of alleged discriminatory practices. Twice the union has been held in contempt for not obeying lower-court orders aimed at enhancing minority representation. In the latest phase of the case, the union, aided by the Justice Department, was trying to overturn a lower-court order that it work toward the goal of including 29% nonwhites among its membership -- a figure based...
...vote in the sheet metal workers case, the court rejected the administration's position that only actual victims of discrimination may benefit from court-ordered affirmative action remedies...
...other, the court upheld a ruling that a union representing sheet metal workers in New York and New Jersey must significantly raise its non-white membership by August...
...hole. The first breaks developed in Pennsylvania, but the line wound south to Washington, where it was routed through the White House. Persuaded at the last minute by his daughter Maureen to take part, President Reagan stood somewhat stiffly among staff members' children and friends, using a crib sheet for some lyrics but needing no help for a flawless rendition of America the Beautiful--both verses. (Across from the White House, protesters demonstrated against the President's policies toward the homeless...