Legal Opinion
City of Boston v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided September 27, 1999No. 97-P-1635PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreenberg, J.
In 1986, twenty days after termination of his employment as a correctional officer at the former Deer Island *817house of correction, Royden Lungelow, who is an African-American, filed a complaint with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD), alleging his discharge by the city of Boston2 (city) was racially motivated in violation of G. L. c. 151B, § 4(1),3 and 42 U.S.C. §§ 1983 et seq. (1994).
On October 28, 1986, Lungelow and two provisional correction officers, who were white, quelled a disturbance by manacling an inmate to his cell door. Initially, all three officers were…
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- Ollie LATTIMORE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. POLAROID CORPORATION, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1996
- Wheelock College v. Massachusetts Commission Against DiscriminationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1976
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3Cited by11 opinions
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