Legal Opinion
Chief Justice for Administration & Management of the Trial Court v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 11, 2003PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCowin, J.
This case arises from a hearing commissioner’s decision, subsequently affirmed by the full Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (commission), holding the clerk of the Hampden County Superior Court (clerk) and the Trial Court liable for sex-based hiring discrimination that the clerk committed. The Trial Court, in conjunction with the clerk,3 appealed from the commission’s affirmance to the Superior Court pursuant to G. L. c. 30A, § 14.4 A Superior Court judge vacated the decision of the commission and remanded the case for rehearing. The commission and the complaining parties…
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