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age discrimination claim in Massachusetts

10 Massachusetts opinions name it 4 courts 1995–2012 0 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Massachusetts courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (7)

CaseFollowedCited
Wynn & Wynn, P.C. v. Massachusetts Commission against Discriminationgreen
mass · 2000 · cited in 2 Massachusetts opinions naming this issue, 2003–2008
2 sentences

2008Wynn & Wynn v. Massachusetts Comm. Against Discrimination, 431 Mass. 655, 665 (2000) (rev’d in part on other grounds).

2003Ibid.

12
Sahli v. Bull HN Information Systems, Inc.green
mass · 2002 · cited in 1 Massachusetts opinions naming this issue, 2012–2012
1 sentence

2012Sys., Inc., 437 Mass. 696, 700 (2002), where an employer brought a declaratory judgment action against a former employee who, after signing a release of liability, had brought an age discrimination claim against the employer.

11
Lorillard v. Ponsgreen
scotus · 1978 · cited in 1 Massachusetts opinions naming this issue, 2004–2004
2 sentences

2004In a similar vein, Gallagher v. Wilton Enters., Inc., supra at 123, cites Pons v. Lorillard, 549 F.2d 950, 954 (4th Cir. 1977), aff'd, 434 U.S. 575 (1978), which likened an age discrimination claim to “an action in tort.” The Supreme Court’s affirmance, however, rested instead on statutory grounds, concluding that Congress intentionally conferred a right to jury trial for such claims, again taking pains to distinguish such claims from claims brought under Title VII.

2004Lorillard v. Pons, 434 U.S. 575, 580-585 (1978).

11
Frances P. PONS, Appellant, v. LORILLARD, a Division of Loew’s Theatres, Inc., Appelleegreen
ca4 · 1977 · cited in 1 Massachusetts opinions naming this issue, 2004–2004
1 sentence

2004In a similar vein, Gallagher v. Wilton Enters., Inc., supra at 123, cites Pons v. Lorillard, 549 F.2d 950, 954 (4th Cir. 1977), aff'd, 434 U.S. 575 (1978), which likened an age discrimination claim to “an action in tort.” The Supreme Court’s affirmance, however, rested instead on statutory grounds, concluding that Congress intentionally conferred a right to jury trial for such claims, again taking pains to distinguish such claims from claims brought under Title VII.

11
Dalis v. Buyer Advertising, Inc.green
mass · 1994 · cited in 1 Massachusetts opinions naming this issue, 2003–2003
1 sentence

2003See Dalis, supra, at 224-226 .

11
Charland v. Muzi Motors, Inc.green
mass · 1994 · cited in 1 Massachusetts opinions naming this issue, 2001–2001
1 sentence

2001Charland v. Muzi Motors, Inc., 417 Mass. 580, 582-83 (1994).

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Comfort v. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institutegreen
nynd · 1983 · cited in 1 Massachusetts opinions naming this issue, 1995–1995
1 sentence

1995Comfort v. Rensselaer Polytech Institute, 575 F.Supp. 258, 260 (N.D.

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Massachusetts. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (6)

CaseCitedYears
Knight v. Avon Products, Inc. green
mass · 2003
2 sentences

2009We have said that, in evaluating a motion for summary judgment on an age discrimination claim, the three-stage order of proof set forth by the United States Supreme Court in McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792 (1973), provides a “useful framework.” Knight v. Avon Prods., Inc., 438 Mass. 413 , 420 n.4 (2003).

2008Knight, 438 Mass. at 423 .

22008–2009
Ciszewski v. Industrial Accident Board green
mass · 1975
1 sentence

2012Furthermore, exhaustion of administrative remedies is generally only considered futile “where the power and authority of the agency themselves are in question, and not where the exercise of that agency’s discretion is challenged.” Ciszewski v. Industrial Acc. Bd., supra. Because the ministerial exception would not divest the commission of jurisdiction over Hilsenrath’s complaint, see Hosanna-Tabor, supra at 709-710 n.4, the Temple’s challenge is to the commission’s evaluation of an affirmative defense rather than its authority to adjudicate the complaint.

12012–2012
McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green green
scotus · 1973
1 sentence

2009We have said that, in evaluating a motion for summary judgment on an age discrimination claim, the three-stage order of proof set forth by the United States Supreme Court in McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Green, 411 U.S. 792 (1973), provides a “useful framework.” Knight v. Avon Prods., Inc., 438 Mass. 413 , 420 n.4 (2003).

12009–2009
Nei v. Burley green
mass · 1983
1 sentence

2003Yet, while the silence of the Legislature was one factor that the Supreme Judicial Court considered in concluding that there was no right to a jury trial in a Consumer Protection Action under G.L.c. 93A, see Nei v. Burley, supra, at 315 , such silence did not prevent the Court from holding that such a right existed in an action alleging gender discrimination in employment under G.L.C. 151B, §4 even though in the same chapter the Legislature expressly provided for a jury trial in an age discrimination claim.

12003–2003
Wheatley v. American Telephone & Telegraph Co. green
mass · 1994
1 sentence

2001Id. at 397 .

12001–2001
Matthews v. Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. green
mass · 1997
1 sentence

1998This Court need not decide for purposes of this decision whether the more recent decision in Matthews v. Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc., 426 Mass. 122 (1997), has effectively amended the “pretext-only” test declared two years earlier in Blare .

11998–1998

Statutes the citing opinions construe

MA § Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151B, § 4 (6) MA § Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151B, § 5 (3) MA § Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 151B, § 9 (3) MA § Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93, § 102 (3)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

Where else courts name it

OH 42 (1996–2024) CA 23 (1990–2026) TX 20 (1996–2025) WA 18 (1991–2017) NJ 16 (1985–2024) NY 13 (1983–2014) MI 12 (1985–2023) MA 10 (1995–2012) WV 6 (1992–2024) MS 6 (1999–2009) IA 6 (1998–2023) MO 5 (1992–2020) FL 5 (2008–2020) CO 4 (1987–2006) MN 4 (1986–2015) AZ 4 (1995–2007) KY 4 (2006–2025) RI 3 (2006–2019) WI 3 (1997–2023) HI 3 (2001–2025) DC 3 (2005–2013) PA 3 (1998–2020) NE 3 (2005–2017) TN 3 (2002–2010) OR 2 (2014–2014) CT 2 (1994–2005) MD 2 (2011–2013) OK 2 (1995–2009) VT 2 (1990–1996) ID 2 (2009–2018) NC 2 (2005–2020) ND 2 (1994–2015) MT 2 (1989–1995) IL 2 (1992–2021) AL 2 (2008–2009) LA 2 (2003–2010)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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