Legal Opinion
McDonough v. City of Quincy
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 23, 2006No. 04-1902, 04-1969PublishedCited by 135 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOWARD, Circuit Judge.
A jury sitting in the District of Massachusetts found that the City of Quincy, Massachusetts, violated Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e, et seq., and Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151B, by unlawfully retaliating against police officer John McDonough for assisting a fellow officer in pursuing an employment discrimination claim. The jury awarded McDon-ough $300,000 in compensatory damages. The parties cross-appealed. The City challenges the verdict on several grounds, including that the action was barred by the claim preclusion doctrine and that the evidence…
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