Legal Opinion
Prescott v. Higgins
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided August 20, 2008No. 07-2809PublishedCited by 221 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TORRUELLA, Circuit Judge.
Fitzroy Prescott, an African-American male, is a mechanic for the City of Boston (“the City”) who applied for a position as General Foreman for the City’s Public Works Department. The selection committee — made up of two white males, one white female, and one African-American male — unanimously chose Horace Ryder, a white male. Prescott filed suit against the City, and two city supervisors in their personal and professional capacities (collectively “the Defendants”), under various federal and state laws for racial discrimination, disability discrimination, tortious…
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