Legal Opinion
United States v. Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided May 16, 1985No. 84-1528PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LEVIN H. CAMPBELL, Chief Judge.
This appeal by the Massachusetts Maritime Academy (“the Academy”) is from an injunction issued by the district court after deciding that the Academy had intentionally discriminated against women in recruiting and admissions policies. We affirm.
I. BACKGROUND.
The Academy was founded in 1891 by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts as the Massachusetts Nautical Training School, “for the instruction and training of pupils in the science and practice of navigation,” 1891 Mass.Acts, ch. 402, section 3. Today it prepares students primarily for careers in the United States…
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