Brackett v. Civil Service Commission

The plaintiffs are seven white male police officers employed by the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) who contend that they were unlawfully bypassed for promotions to the ranks of sergeant and lieutenant when the chief of the MBTA police department, with the approval of the personnel administrator (administrator) of the human resources division of the Executive Office for Administration and Finance (HRD),4 chose instead to promote six minority or female candidates to those positions. We consider in this case whether Personnel Administration Rules PAR. 10 (Rule 10), pertaining…