Legal Opinion
Victorina PEREZ, Personal Representative of the Estate of Nazario Perez, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. STATE OF MAINE, Et Al., Defendants, Appellees
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided April 23, 1985No. 84-1583PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREYER, Circuit Judge.
In 1976, the Maine Department of Manpower Affairs (DMA) decided not to hire Nazario Perez. Perez, believing DMA’s decision reflected discrimination against Hispanics, complained to the appropriate state and federal administrative agencies. He also sued DMA in state court, alleging a violation of state antidiscrimination law, 5 M.R.S.A. §§ 4612(4)(A), 4613(1). In 1979, Perez and DMA entered into a settlement agreement. The Agreement referred explicitly to Perez’s claims under state anti-discrimination law: Perez agreed to waive all claims against DMA “with respect to any…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Alexander v. Gardner-Denver Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- United States v. Allegheny-Ludlum Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Strozier v. General Motors Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Del Rio v. Northern Blower Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1978
- Monk v. MortonSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1943
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Dorn v. ASTRA USADistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1997
- G. Heileman Brewing Co., Inc. v. Joseph Oat CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1989
- Thomas Mays v. United States Postal ServiceCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1993
- DiMartino v. City of HartfordDistrict Court, D. Connecticut · 1986
- Reidy v. RunyonDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1997
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