STRONG v. MASSACHUSETTS COMM. AGAINST DISCRIMINATION


351 Mass. 554 (1967)

222 N.E.2d 885

CLARENCE STRONG vs. MASSACHUSETTS COMMISSION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

January 5, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James J. Twohig for the petitioner.

Edmund M. Sweeney for the Trustees of the Property of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, CUTTER, KIRK, & REARDON, JJ.


CUTTER, J.

Strong, a Negro, was employed as a railroad dining car attendant. At a time on April 6, 1964, when his duties involved preparation of the dining car in the yard for service to patrons, he was observed smoking in an adjacent coach. As a consequence of an altercation with a "superior employee," he left the train and went home. Charges were preferred and Strong was discharged on April 24, 1964, after a hearing on April 15, in accordance with an applicable...

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