Legal Opinion
Dahill v. Police Department
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 25, 2001PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, C.J.
This case is here on certification from the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts, pursuant to S.J.C. Rule 1:03, as appearing in 382 Mass. 700 (1981). The question certified, which concerns the definition of the term “handicap” in the Massachusetts antidiscrimination statute, G. L. c. 151B, is as follows: “Whether Massachusetts *234General Laws c. 151B requires consideration of mitigating or corrective devices in determining whether a person has a handicap.”1
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2Cases cited19 opinions
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- Labonte v. Hutchins & WheelerMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1997
- Duarte v. HealyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1989
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