Legal Opinion
College v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 25, 1978PublishedCited by 98 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
In April, 1972, Maurianne Adams and Mary Carruthers, 2 then assistant professors of English at Smith College (Smith), a private liberal arts college for women, each filed a complaint with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) alleging unlawful discrimination in that she had not been recommended for tenure because of her sex. G. L. c. 151B, § 4. The result of these adverse tenure decisions was that Smith did not renew their teaching contracts which expired at the end of the 1972-1973 academic year.
Proceedings based on these complaints have followed a lethargic course,…
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