Legal Opinion
Harris v. White
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided November 2, 1979No. Civ. A. 76-501-N, 76-4216-NPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF DECISION ON MOTIONS TO DISMISS
GARRITY, District Judge.
Private plaintiffs, two applicants for employment with, and one former CETA-funded employee of, the Boston Public Works Department (hereinafter PWD), bring this class action against various city, state and federal officials seeking declaratory and injunctive relief from employment practices of the PWD. Plaintiffs claim that these practices discriminate against minorities on the basis of race and national origin, denying them equal protection of the laws in violation of the Thirteenth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United…
2Cases cited47 opinions
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- Baker v. CarrSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- Geraldine G. Cannon v. The University of Chicago, and Northwestern UniversityCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981
- Isaac Lora v. Board of Education of the City of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1980
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- Doherty v. Rutgers School of Law-NewarkCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
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