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PIELECH v. MASSASOIT GREYHOUND, INC.

423 Mass. 534 (1996)

KATHLEEN PIELECH & another v. MASSASOIT GREYHOUND, INC.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Bristol.

August 20, 1996.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Howard A. Brick for the Anti-Defamation League.

Joel A. Kozol (William I. Cowin with him) for the defendant.

Harvey A. Schwartz, for Kathleen Pielech & another, submitted a brief.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Nancy J. Gannon, of Wisconsin, for the Catholic League For Religious and Civil Rights.

Howard A. Brick, Sally J. Greenberg & Carl E. Axelrod, & Ruth L. Lanser, Steven Freeman & Debbie N. Kaminer of New York, for the Anti-Defamation League.

Scott Harshbarger, Attorney General & Freda K. Fishman, Assistant Attorney General, for the Attorney General.

Toni G. Wolfman, Michael A. Albert, & Sarah R. Wunsch for Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts.

Wilson D. Rogers, Jr., Frederic J. Torphy, James F. Cosgrove, & John J. Egan, for the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston & others.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, LYNCH, O'CONNOR, GREANEY, & FRIED, JJ.

O'CONNOR, J.

The plaintiffs, former at-will employees of the defendant corporation, seek damages based on their assertion that the defendant required them, as a condition of their continued employment, to work on Christmas Day in contravention of their "creed or religion as required by that creed or religion" in violation of G. L. c. 151B, § 4 (1A) (1994 ed.). The plaintiffs also claim entitlement to relief under G. L. c. 93, § 102 (1994 ed.) (Massachusetts...

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