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BOSTON CHAPTER, NAACP, INC. v. BEECHER

Civ. A. Nos. 72-3060-F, 73-269-F.

371 F.Supp. 507 (1974)

BOSTON CHAPTER, NAACP, INC., et al. v. Nancy B. BEECHER et al. UNITED STATES of America v. CITY OF BOSTON et al.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

As Amended February 11, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patrick J. King, Thomas A. Mela, Boston, Mass., Benjamin Jones, Roxbury, Mass., for plaintiff in Civ. A. No. 72-3060-F.

James M. Fallon, Dept. of Justice, Civil Rights Div., Employment Sec., Washington, D. C., Raymond Picard, Asst. U. S. Atty., Boston, Mass., for plaintiff in Civ. A. No. 73-269-F.

Edward D. Kalman, Walter Mayo III, John F. McGarry, Asst. Atty. Gen., Thomas F. McKenna, Asst. Corp. Counsel, Boston, Mass., for defendants.

FREEDMAN, District Judge.

These cases allege discriminatory practices on the part of the defendants in their qualification requirements and overall hiring policies for the position of firefighter in the City of Boston, in particular, and in other cities and towns of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts subject to state Civil Service law. Because of the identity of the issues involved and relief sought, the two cases were consolidated by the Court with the assent of the...

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