Legal Opinion
City of Boston v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided September 13, 1995No. 94-P-666PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKass, J.
On August 27, 1985, Larry Brooks, a provisional correction officer at the Deer Island house of correction, and another guard, Paul Delaney, were involved in an altercation with several prisoners. In consequence of the affray, Brooks, who is black, was fired, and Delaney, who is white, received a commendation. Brooks complained to the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) that his discharge was racially motivated. In the employer’s2 appeal from a determination by the MCAD that the termination of Brooks’s employment was, indeed, an act of unlawful racial discrimination, the…
2Cases cited30 opinions
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3Cited by22 opinions
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- Trustees of Health & Hospitals of the City of Boston, Inc. v. Massachusetts Commission Against DiscriminationMassachusetts Appeals Court · 2005
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