Legal Opinion
City of Salem v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided April 29, 1998No. 94-P-1952PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtArmstrong, J.
The city of Salem appeals from a judgment affirming a decision of the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD), based on a finding by the MCAD’s hearing commissioner (and later adopted by the full commission) that Salem’s then police chief, Charles J. Connelly, in making patrolman appointments to the Salem police department in August, 1978, violated G. L. c. 151B, § 4, by denying the defendant Charles Tyrone Brown, a black man, an appointment because of his race. Partly because Brown pursued his complaint of discrimination before several tribunals, including proceedings before…
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