Salem v. MASSACHUSETTS COMM. AGAINST DISCRIMINATION

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “[a] mere reading of the transcript is not an adequate substitute for actually observing and hearing the witnesses in determining credibility”
• commissioner who heard witnesses died before making decision; decision on printed record by another commissioner not permissible where testimony conflicted on material issues
• Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination and Civil Service Commission simultaneously resolved separate complaints filed by individual alleging failure to hire based on race
• commissioner who presided at evidentiary hearing died before rendering decision; decision by successor who had not been at hearing vacated
• MCAD and Civil Service Commission concurrently resolved separate complaints filed by a plaintiff alleging that the Salem police department denied him an appointment due to his race
• testimony of witnesses at hearing conflicted on multiple issues of material fact

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).