| Docket # | SJC-10107 |
| Date | October 6, 2008 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Justices | Marshall, C.J., Ireland, Spina, Cowin, Cordy, Botsford, JJ.
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| Summary | Boston Housing Authority. Housing. Landlord and tenant, Handicapped person. Anti-discrimination law, Handicap, Housing. Words, "direct threat", "reasonable accommodation". |
| Appealed From | Boston Housing Court, Justice Steven D. Pierce |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant
(Appearing) | Bridgewaters: Ann Jochnick, Richard M.W. Bauer, James M. McCreight |
Counsel for Appellee
(Appearing) | Boston Housing Authority: Jay S. Koplove |
| Amici Curiae | Disability Law Center; Mental Health Legal Advisors; Center for Public Representation; Coalition for Legal Rights of People With Disabilities; Massachusetts Union of Public Housing Tenants; AARP Foundation Litigation; Pine Street Inn; Massachusetts Coalition for the Homeless; Massachusetts Housing and Shelter Alliance; Boston Center for Independent Living; Cambridge Housing Authority; Development Law Institute |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |
