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Massachusetts Electric Co. v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided May 4, 1978PublishedCited by 111 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.

In this appeal the plaintiff Massachusetts Electric Company (company) seeks review of a decision of the defendant Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (commission) ordering the company to cease and desist from maintaining its policy of denying disability benefits for pregnancy-related temporary disabilities and to pay compensation to all those who would have received disability benefits if their disabilities had been other than pregnancy-related. The central issue presented by this case is whether the exclusion of temporary disabilities related to pregnancy from a comprehensive…

2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Warth v. SeldinSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Vaca v. SipesSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
  4. San Diego Building Trades Council v. GarmonSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
  5. American Pipe & Construction Co. v. UtahSupreme Court of the United States · 1974

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3Cited by111 opinions

  1. College-Town, Division of Interco, Inc. v. Massachusetts Commission Against DiscriminationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1987
  2. Cuddyer v. Stop & Shop Supermarket Co.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2001
  3. Ginther v. Commissioner of InsuranceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1998
  4. Rakestraw v. California Physicians' ServiceCalifornia Court of Appeal · 2000
  5. College v. Massachusetts Commission Against DiscriminationMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978

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