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ANTHONY v. COM. OF MASS.

Civ. A. Nos. 74-5061-T, 75-1991-T.

415 F.Supp. 485 (1976)

Carol A. ANTHONY et al. v. The COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS et al. Helen B. FEENEY v. The COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS et al.

United States District Court, D. Massachusetts.

March 29, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ropes & Gray, Thomas G. Digman, Jr., Richard P. Ward, John Reinstein, Boston, Mass., for plaintiffs.

Alan K. Posner, Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., for defendants.

John J. Curtin, Jr., John F. Adkins, Bingham, Dana & Gould, Boston, Mass., for American Legion. Albert E. Salt, intervenor, pro se.

Before CAMPBELL, Circuit Judge, and MURRAY and TAURO, District Judges.

OPINION

TAURO, District Judge.

These two actions are brought under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 by four female Massachusetts residents who claim they failed to receive Civil Service appointments with the Commonwealth due to the operation of the Massachusetts Veterans' Preference Statute,1 Mass.Gen.Laws ch. 31, § 23, which they claim unconstitutionally discriminates against them because of their sex. They now seek to permanently...

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