Legal Opinion
Massachusetts Ass'n of Minority Law Enforcement Officers v. Abban
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 29, 2001PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCordy, J.
The Massachusetts Association of Minority Law Enforcement Officers (MAMLEO) appeals from a ruling of a judge in the Superior Court upholding a decision of the Civil Service Commission (commission) that the police department of Boston (police department) improperly promoted certain minority police officers to the ranks of sergeant and lieutenant over nonminority defendants with higher test scores. MAMLEO, a plaintiff intervener in the Superior Court proceeding and not a party to the original proceedings before the commission, argues that the judge erred as a matter of law in upholding the…
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