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SALEM v. MASSACHUSETTS COMM. AGAINST DISCRIMINATION

404 Mass. 170 (1989)

534 N.E.2d 283

CITY OF SALEM vs. MASSACHUSETTS COMMISSION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

February 21, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jean A. Musiker for Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination.

Alan J. Rom for the intervener.

Mary P. Harrington for the plaintiff.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., LIACOS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, & O'CONNOR, JJ.

HENNESSEY, C.J.

In this case, the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD) ruled that the Salem police department had violated G.L.c. 151B, § 4 (1), by denying Charles Tyrone Brown an appointment because of his race. The city of Salem appealed, and a Superior Court judge vacated the MCAD decision and remanded the matter to the MCAD for a new hearing. Both the MCAD and Brown appealed. We now affirm the...

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