IRISH-AM. GAY, LESBIAN & BISEXUAL GROUP v. BOSTON


418 Mass. 238 (1994)

636 N.E.2d 1293

IRISH-AMERICAN GAY, LESBIAN AND BISEXUAL GROUP OF BOSTON & others vs. CITY OF BOSTON & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 11, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Chester Darling for John J. Hurley & another.

Philip M. Cronin (Mary L. Bonauto with him) for the plaintiffs.

Claudia Billings McKelway, Deputy Corporation Counsel (Krisna M. Basu, Assistant Corporation Counsel, with her) for the city of Boston.

Andrew J. McCauley, of New York, for Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

George P. Napolitano, Special Assistant Attorney General, & Elizabeth S. Hendler, for Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., ABRAMS, NOLAN, O'CONNOR, & GREANEY, JJ.


LIACOS, C.J.

The defendants, South Boston Allied War Veterans Council (council)3 and John J. "Wacko" Hurley (Hurley), appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court dated December 24, 1993, which, among other things, granted permanent injunctive relief to the plaintiffs.4, 5 On appeal, the defendants raise a myriad of issues: (1) whether...

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