BUCKLEY NURSING HOME v. MASSACHUSETTS COMM.


20 Mass. App. Ct. 172 (1985)

478 N.E.2d 1292

BUCKLEY NURSING HOME, INC. vs. MASSACHUSETTS COMMISSION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION; LORRAINE YOUNG, intervener.

Appeals Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

June 3, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jay M. Presser (Elaine M. Reall with him) for the plaintiff.

Margaret L. Dale for the defendant.

Patrick J. Ward for the intervener.

Present: GREANEY, C.J., PERRETTA, & SMITH, JJ.


GREANEY, C.J.

On August 27, 1974, Lorraine Young, a black woman, filed a complaint with the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (commission), alleging that, because of her race, she had not been hired as a nurse's aide by Buckley Nursing Home, Inc. (Buckley), in violation of G.L.c. 151B, § 4(1). After attempts at conciliation failed, the case was heard by a single Commissioner who, in a decision dated June 27, 1980, found that Buckley had discriminated...

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