U.S. JAYCEES v. MASS. COMM. AGAINST DISCRIMINATION


391 Mass. 594 (1984)

463 N.E.2d 1151

THE UNITED STATES JAYCEES vs. MASSACHUSETTS COMMISSION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

April 3, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl D. Hall, Jr., of Oklahoma (Maria J. Woodford with him) for the plaintiff.

Margaret L. Dale for the defendant.

Danielle E. deBenedictis (Robert S. Brintz with her) for the interveners.

Marjorie Heins & Dianne Foster, for Massachusetts Civil Liberties Union Foundation & another, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LIACOS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, LYNCH, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


LYNCH, J.

This case presents the question whether The United States Jaycees (U.S. Jaycees) is a "place of public accommodation" within the meaning of G.L.c. 272, §§ 92A and 98.1 In a complaint brought before the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD), fourteen women alleged that the U.S. Jaycees' and the Massachusetts Jaycees...

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