Legal Opinion
Town of West Hartford v. Commission on Human Rights & Opportunities
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided December 5, 1978PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPeters, J.
The defendant commission on human rights and opportunities has appealed from a judgment of the trial court reversing the decision of a hearing tribunal appointed by the commission under § 31-127 of the General Statutes. The tribunal had held that the plaintiff town of West Hartford had unlawfully discriminated on the basis of sex in respect to the wages and benefits of certain women hired as communications center operators by the town in 1971 and thereafter.
Until 1971, West Hartford had employed uniformed fire dispatchers and police dispatchers to *293staff separate communications centers for…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Diane Peltier, Appellants-Cross-Appellees v. City of Fargo, a Municipal Corporation, Appellees-Cross-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1976
- Mize v. State Division of Human RightsNew York Court of Appeals · 1973
- James D. Hodgson, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. American Bank of CommerceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Schaller v. Roadside Inn, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1966
- James D. Hodgson, Secretary of Labor, United States Department of Labor v. Fairmont Supply Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Wroblewski v. Lexington Gardens, Inc.Supreme Court of Connecticut · 1982
- Board of Education v. Commission on Human Rights & OpportunitiesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1979
- In Re Hot Spot, Inc.Supreme Court of Vermont · 1988
- Kalanquin v. Comm'n on Human Rights Opp., No. Cv97 0567909 (Feb. 3, 1998)Connecticut Superior Court · 1998
- Lucarelli v. Commission on Human Rights & OpportunitiesConnecticut Appellate Court · 2012
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