Legal Opinion
Malone v. Civil Service Commission
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided February 15, 1995No. 94-P-817PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGillerman, J.
Twin brothers, Philip and Paul Malone, began their service as Boston firefighters in 1978.3 It was not *148until 1988 that the commissioner of the Boston fire department (the department) informed the personnel administrator (the administrator) that he had reason to believe that the brothers had falsely claimed minority status on their applications for appointment to the department. See note 3, supra.
A hearing officer appointed by the administrator held a two-day evidentiary hearing and concluded that the Malones did not qualify as “black” under established criteria.4 She also concluded that the…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- City of Gloucester v. Civil Service CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1990
- Pidge v. Superintendent, Massachusetts Correctional Institution, Cedar JunctionMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1992
- McLellan v. Commissioner of CorrectionMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1990
- Harris v. Board of Trustees of State CollegesMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
- Aronson v. Brookline Rent Control BoardMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1985
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Shabazz v. ColeDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1999
- Covell v. Department of Social ServicesMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1997
- Committee for Public Counsel Services v. LooknerMassachusetts Appeals Court · 1999
- Shabazz v. ColeDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1999
- Dao Bui v. VazquezMassachusetts District Court, Appellate Division · 1999
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