Legal Opinion
DiBenedetto v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 8, 1986PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
The plaintiff appeals from a judgment of the Superior Court dismissing his claims under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (ADEA), 29 U.S.C. §§ 621 et seq. (1982 & Supp. II 1984). We transferred the case here on our own motion, and now affirm.
We summarize the facts. Prior to 1974, the plaintiff was chairman of the department of languages, and professor of Spanish and Italian, at Newton College of the Sacred Heart. This college closed in 1975. After completing a research fellowship at Boston College, the plaintiff accepted a position as lecturer in the Italian department at the…
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