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PIELECH v. MASSASOIT GREYHOUND, INC.

No. 97-P-1677.

47 Mass. App. Ct. 322 (1999)

KATHLEEN PIELECH & another v. MASSASOIT GREYHOUND, INC.,

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Bristol.

July 21, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harvey Weiner (Michael P. Duffy with him) for the plaintiffs.

Joel A. Kozol for the defendant.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

A. Van C. Lanckton & Merle Ruth Hass for American Jewish Congress.

Howard A. Brick, Michael N. Sheetz, & Laurin Levin for The Anti-Defamation League.

Present: WARNER, C.J., JACOBS, & SPINA, JJ.

JACOBS, J.

By complaint filed in 1993, the plaintiffs asserted that their employment as part-time parimutuel clerks was "terminated" by their former employer, Massasoit Greyhound, Inc. (Massasoit), because they "refused to work on Christmas Day [of 1992] for religious reasons." Their complaint contained counts alleging (1) unlawful discrimination under c. 151B, § 4(1A); (2) violation of G. L. c. 93, § 102 (the Massachusetts Equal Rights Act); and (3) intentional...

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