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MADSEN v. ERWIN

395 Mass. 715 (1985)

481 N.E.2d 1160

CHRISTINE MADSEN vs. ROBERT ERWIN & others, trustees, & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

August 21, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore E. Dinsmoor (Douglas F. Seaver & Timothy Q. Feeley with him) for the defendants.

Katherine Triantafillou for the plaintiff.

Robert J. Ebersole, for Gay & Lesbian Advocates & Defenders, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Marjorie Heins, for Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Roberta Achtenberg & Donna J. Hitchens, of California, & Abby R. Rubenfeld, Jyl Lynn Felman & Marsha Levick, of New York, for Lesbian Rights Project & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

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

NOLAN, J.

The plaintiff, Christine Madsen, commenced this action for declaratory and injunctive relief and for money damages after her employment as a writer for The Christian Science Monitor (Monitor) was terminated. In sum, her complaint alleges "wrongful discharge, defamation, invasion of privacy, intentional infliction of mental distress, sexual and affectional preference discrimination, and breach of fiduciary responsibilities...

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