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Case Name	Jones v. City of Boston	EE-MA-0024
Docket / Court	1:05-cv-11832-DPW ( D. Mass. )
Additional Docket(s)	05-03123 [ 05-3123 ]
State/Territory	Massachusetts
Case Type(s)	Equal Employment
Attorney Organization	Lawyers Comm. for Civil Rights Under Law
Case Summary	Case summary not yet recorded compress summary

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Issues and Causes of Action

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Issues

Constitutional Clause

Due Process

Equal Protection

Defendant-type

Law-enforcement

Discrimination-area

Discharge / Constructive Discharge / Layoff

Hiring

Seniority

Testing

Discrimination-basis

Race discrimination

General

Disparate Impact

Plaintiff Type

Private Plaintiff

Race

Black

Causes of Action

42 U.S.C. § 1981
42 U.S.C. § 1983
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42 U.S.C. §§ 12111 et seq.
State Anti-Discrimination Law
State law
Title VII (including PDA), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e

Case Details

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Defendant(s)	City of Boston
Plaintiff Description	Seven of the plaintiffs were former officers fired by Boston Police Department after testing positive for cocaine; one is a former cadet in the same situation; another continues to work as an officer after testing positive and undergoing rehabilitation as an alternative to termination; and the last is a former applicant to the department whose contingent job offer was revoked after a positive test.
Indexed Lawyer Organizations	Lawyers Comm. for Civil Rights Under Law
Class action status sought	No
Class action status granted	No
Prevailing Party	None Yet / None
Public Int. Lawyer	Yes
Nature of Relief	None yet
Source of Relief	None yet
Case Ongoing	Yes

Additional Resources

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	Microsoft Gender Discrimination Class Action Lawsuit Date: Oct. 14, 2016 By: Outten & Golden [ Detail ] [ External Link ]
	Age Discrimination Class Action seeks Fair Employment for Older PwC Applicants http://www.pwcagecase.com/ Date: Apr. 27, 2016 By: Outten & Golden [ Detail ] [ External Link ]
	Smith Barney Gender Discrimination https://www.lieffcabraser.com/employment/smith-barney/ Date: August 2008 By: Outten & Golden [ Detail ] [ External Link ]
	Megacases, Diversity, and the Elusive Goal of Workplace Reform Date: Mar. 1, 2008 By: Nancy Levit (University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Law Faculty) Citation: 49 B.C. L. Rev. 367 (2008) [ Detail ] [ External Link ]
	Second Generation Employment Discrimination: A Structural Approach Date: Apr. 1, 2001 By: Susan Sturm (Columbia Law School Faculty) Citation: 101 Colum. L. Rev. 458 (2001) [ Detail ] [ External Link ]

Documents

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Docket(s)

1:05-cv-11832-DPW (D. Mass.)
EE-MA-0024-9000.pdf | Detail
Date: 03/23/2018
Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

General Documents

Complaint [ECF# 1-3] EE-MA-0024-0001.pdf \| Detail Date: 09/09/2005 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
First Amended Complaint [ECF# 17] EE-MA-0024-0005.pdf \| Detail Date: 04/07/2006 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
District Court Opinion, 9/27/12 [ECF# 191] (2012 WL 4530594) (D. Mass.) EE-MA-0024-0002.pdf \| WESTLAW \| Detail Date: 09/27/2012 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
First Circuit Court of Appeals Opinion 5/7/14 [Ct. of App. ECF# 116685030] (752 F.3d 38) EE-MA-0024-0003.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail Date: 05/07/2014 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
District Court Opinion 8/6/15 [ECF# 259] (118 F.Supp.3d 425) (D. Mass.) EE-MA-0024-0004.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail Date: 08/06/2015 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]
Opinion [USCA 1st Circuit] [Ct. of App. ECF# 269] (845 F.3d 28) EE-MA-0024-0006.pdf \| WESTLAW\| LEXIS \| Detail Date: 12/28/2016 Source: PACER [Public Access to Court Electronic Records]

People

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Judges	Howard, Jeffrey R. (First Circuit) EE-MA-0024-0003 \| EE-MA-0024-0006 Kayatta, William Joseph Jr. (First Circuit) EE-MA-0024-0003 \| EE-MA-0024-0006 O'Toole, George A. Jr. (D. Mass.) EE-MA-0024-0002 Selya, Bruce Marshall (First Circuit, FISCR, D.R.I.) EE-MA-0024-0006 Torruella, Juan R. (D.P.R., First Circuit) EE-MA-0024-0003 Woodlock, Douglas Preston (D. Mass.) EE-MA-0024-0004 \| EE-MA-0024-9000
Plaintiff's Lawyers	Adkins, John F. (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-9000
	Baker, Robert B. (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-9000
	Benson, William F. (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-9000
	Bohenek, Matthew T. (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-9000
	Bresnahan, Elizabeth M. (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-9000
	Cohen, Jared B. (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-9000
	Cohen, Nadine M. (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-0001 \| EE-MA-0024-0005 \| EE-MA-0024-9000
	Cooper, Jenny K. (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-9000
	El-Mallawany, Deana K. (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-9000
	Fisher, Nikki J. (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-9000
	Heining, Eric A. (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-9000
	Jaikumar, Arjun K. (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-9000
	Lue, Yin-Shuan (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-9000
	Macris, Aaron (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-9000
	Maslow-Armand, Laura (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-9000
	McGee, Amanda V. (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-9000
	Olshan, Jeffrey (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-9000
	Pirozzolo, Lisa J. (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-9000
	Prussia, Kevin S. (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-9000
	Rachal, Doreen M. (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-9000
	Reynolds, Alexandra Rueckle (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-9000
	Robertson, Paul M. (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-0001 \| EE-MA-0024-9000
	Rodriques, Louis A. (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-9000
	Rollins, Rachael Splaine (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-0001 \| EE-MA-0024-9000
	Rutkowski, J. Rheba (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-0001 \| EE-MA-0024-9000
	Sartori, Elizabeth M. (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-9000
	Sellstrom, Oren M. (California) EE-MA-0024-9000
	Webster, Raquel J. (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-9000
	Wolkoff, Eric D. (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-9000
	Woodham, Maricia D. (Alabama) EE-MA-0024-0001 \| EE-MA-0024-0005 \| EE-MA-0024-9000
	Zhu, Ming M. (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-9000
Defendant's Lawyers	Buckley, Margaret Mary (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-9000
	Chernetsky, James M. (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-9000
	Clarkson, Michael K. (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-9000
	Condon, Amy E. (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-9000
	Ferrer, Nicole Murati (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-9000
	Fitzpatrick, Thomas S. (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-9000
	Harris, Mary Jo (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-9000
	Litsas, Helen G. (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-9000
	O'Connor, Sean P. (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-9000
	Taub, Nicole I. (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-9000
	Weise, Susan M (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-9000
Other Lawyers	Biagetti, Peter A. (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-9000
	Holland, John A. Jr. (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-9000
	Khondker, Omar A. (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-9000
	Leary, Meredith M. (Massachusetts) EE-MA-0024-9000

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