Legal Opinion
Arrington v. Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided December 22, 1969No. Civ. A. 69-681PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER DENYING PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION
GARRITY, District Judge.
Plaintiffs represent a class of black and Spanish-speaking persons who have applied for positions as drivers and collectors with the defendant Massachusetts Bay Transit Authority (MBTA). For purposes of this motion the class is limited to those who have taken the General Aptitude Test Battery (GATB) administered by the MBTA on September 7, 1968 and who still remain unhired on the rank list compiled from the results of that test. 1 Plaintiffs claim that the defendant’s practice of offering employment to individuals in…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Shapiro v. ThompsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Harper v. Virginia Board of ElectionsSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Smuck v. HobsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
- Hobson Ex Rel. Hobson v. HansenDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 1967
- Carl C. Smuck, a Member of the Board of Education of the District of Columbia v. Julius W. Hobson, Carl F. Hansen, Superintendent of Schools of the District of Columbia v. Julius W. HobsonCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1969
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Castro v. BeecherCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1972
- Chance v. Board of ExaminersCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1972
- Robert J. COOPER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Ivan ALLEN, Jr., Mayor of the City of Atlanta, Georgia, Et Al., Defendants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
- Jesse Douglas v. Robert E. Hampton, Chairman of Civil Service CommissionCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
- Chance v. Board of ExaminersDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1971
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