EAST CHOP TENNIS CLUB v. MASS. COMMN. AGAINST DIS.


364 Mass. 444 (1973)

305 N.E.2d 507

EAST CHOP TENNIS CLUB & others vs. MASSACHUSETTS COMMISSION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

December 24, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joel P. Suttenberg, Deputy Assistant Attorney General, for the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination.

Vincent L. Hennessey (Douglas Smerdon with him) for the plaintiffs.

Present: TAURO, C.J., REARDON, QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, & HENNESSEY, JJ.


QUIRICO, J.

This bill in equity is for both declaratory and injunctive relief under G.L.c. 231A. The plaintiffs are the East Chop Tennis Club and the club's president, vice-president and treasurer (hereinafter collectively called the club); the defendants are the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination and its commissioners (hereinafter called the commission). The club seeks a declaratory decree that it is not a public accommodation within the purview of G...

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