Black v. School Committee of Malden

The school committee and superintendent of schools of Malden, defendants, appeal from a final decree against them in declaratory suits brought by two teachers in the Malden public schools. The questions relate to so called “maternity leave” and our task has been lightened by recent decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States on the constitutional aspects of that subject. See Cleveland Bd. of Educ. v. LaFleur, and the companion case Cohen v. Chesterfield County Sch. Bd. 414 U. S. 632 (1974). 2

The facts of the present appeals are set out mainly in statements of agreed facts and…