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LEWIS v. AREA II HOMECARE FOR SENIOR CITIZENS, INC.

397 Mass. 761 (1986)

493 N.E.2d 867

EMMA LEWIS vs. AREA II HOMECARE FOR SENIOR CITIZENS, INC. & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 16, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert C. Johnson, Jr., for the plaintiff.

Walter H. Mayo, III, for the defendants.

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

LYNCH, J.

The plaintiff, a black woman and a member of the Pentecostal faith, brought this action against her former employer and its executive director. The plaintiff's employment was terminated when she took a two-month leave of absence to do missionary work abroad for her church, despite the fact that her request for this leave had been denied. On October 28, 1983, the plaintiff filed a complaint in the Superior Court seeking temporary and permanent injunctive...

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