White v. City of Boston

In the wake of the decision in White v. Boston, 428 Mass. 250 (1998) (White I), the plaintiff Edward White was reinstated as an officer on the Boston police force. He was to receive the compensation due a police officer from the time he became entitled to reinstatement until the time he was actually reinstated, a period that the parties have stipulated began on November 14, 1996, and ended October 28, 1998. In calculating White’s back pay, a judge of the Superior Court included $37,617.43 in assumed overtime and $18,133.26 in assumed paid detail earnings. The question that has percolated to…