Legal Opinion
Cotter v. City of Boston
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 21, 2002No. CIV.A.99-11101-WGYPublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
YOUNG, Chief Judge.
I. INTRODUCTORY BACKGROUND
This is a case of alleged racial discrimination. Such cases come in two types.
The first involves allegations of public or private racial discrimination which are denied. While such cases give rise to complex problems of proof, the duty of a court once racial discrimination is established is clear and undoubted — to extirpate racial discrimination root and branch, adequately compensate its victims, and creatively invoke its equitable powers to provide equal opportunity to all citizens free of the blight of racial animus.
The…
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3Cited by4 opinions
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