Legal Opinion
Phillips v. Youth Development Program, Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 28, 1983PublishedCited by 85 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
In October, 1979, the defendant Youth Development Program, Inc. (YDP), discharged the plaintiff as its supervisor of supportive services in circumstances that would entitle her to relief under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1970), if YDP’s action in discharging her was “State action” for the purposes of § 1983 and the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. The trial judge concluded that YDP engaged in State action in firing the plaintiff. He ordered her to be reinstated with a full restoration of rights, including back pay, and awarded her attorney’s fees and $4,000 in compensatory…
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