Legal Opinion
Sims v. Order of United Commercial Travellers of America
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided May 30, 1972No. Civ. A. 71-2017-GPublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON MOTION TO DISMISS
GARRITY, District Judge.
Defendants’ motion to dismiss in this case raises complex questions concerning the scope of relief available under the Civil Rights Act of 1866, specifically 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1982. Plaintiffs Sims and Tyler are black citizens of the United States and are employed as police officers by the city of Lynn, Massachusetts. Their wives, likewise black citizens, are joined as the intended beneficiaries under life insurance policies which are the subject matter of this dispute. Plaintiff Enid Bernice Sport is the widow and intended…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Jones v. Alfred H. Mayer Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Sullivan v. Little Hunting Park, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Boudreaux v. Baton Rouge Marine Contracting Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
- Gould v. EmersonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1868
- Waters v. Wisconsin Steel Works of International Harvester Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by31 opinions
- Michael Meyers, Individually and as Representative of a Class v. Pennypack Woods Home Ownership Association and Marion A. SteinbronnCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- City of Memphis v. GreeneSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Curran v. Portland Superintending School CommitteeDistrict Court, D. Maine · 1977
- Cornelius v. Benevolent Protective Order of ElksDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1974
- Jit Kim Lim, M.D. v. Central Dupage HospitalCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
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