Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination v. Franzaroli

This case arises out of a petition brought in the Superior Court by the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (commission) seeking enforcement of its order in a case of an alleged unlawful refusal to rent an apartment because of race or color in violation of G. L. c. 151B, § 4.

A complaint charging the respondents with a violation of G. L. c. 151B, § 4, was filed with the commission by Mandred Henry of Worcester on November 8,1967. In his complaint, Henry, who had answered the respondents’ newspaper advertisement for an apartment in Roslindale, alleged that the respondents refused to…