WHEELOCK COLLEGE v. MASS. COMM. AGAINST DISCRIMINATION


371 Mass. 130 (1976)

355 N.E.2d 309

WHEELOCK COLLEGE & others vs. MASSACHUSETTS COMMISSION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

September 30, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc S. Seigle, Assistant Attorney General, for the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination.

John Taylor Williams for Constance Kehoe.

Thomas D. Burns (Robert T. Harrington with him) for the plaintiffs.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., BRAUCHER, KAPLAN, & WILKINS, JJ.


WILKINS, J.

We discuss for the first time the proof which is necessary to establish unlawful discrimination in violation of G.L.c. 151B and order that the proceedings be remanded to the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (commission) for further consideration.

Wheelock College declined to renew the teaching contract of Constance D. Kehoe (Kehoe) for the 1971-1972 academic year. Kehoe, who held a part time teaching position, filed a complaint with...

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