WALSH v. COM. OF MASS.

No. 79-1601.

618 F.2d 156 (1980)

James WALSH, who brings this action on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS and Arthur M. Mason, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided April 11, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark I. Zarrow, Worchester, Mass., with whom Harry Zarrow, and Yagjian, Zarrow, George, O'Connor & Lian, Worchester, Mass., were on brief, for appellants.

Scott A. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., with whom Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellees.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge, WYZANSKI, Senior District Judge.


WYZANSKI, Senior District Judge.

The question presented is whether the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution prohibits the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from paying district court officers working in courts of the commonwealth outside Suffolk County on the basis of a lower classification in a state-wide salary scale than the classification in that scale applied to officers working in courts of the commonwealth within...

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