Legal Opinion
Williams v. Episcopal Diocese
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 25, 2002PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
The plaintiff, an Episcopal priest, filed an employment discrimination action in the Superior Court, alleging that the defendants, the Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts (Diocese) and the Right Reverend M. Thomas Shaw (the presid*575ing bishop of the Diocese [Bishop]), discriminated against her based on her gender, in violation of G. L. c. 151B, § 4 (1) and (4), resulting in her constructive discharge when she was forced to resign from her position as an ordained minister and vicar of Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church of the Deaf in Brookline (St. Andrew’s). The plaintiff’s complaint alleges that…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Lemon v. KurtzmanSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Sherbert v. VernerSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Kourouvacilis v. General Motors Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
- Madsen v. ErwinMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1985
- Mrs. Billie B. McCLURE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. the SALVATION ARMY, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972
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3Cited by31 opinions
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- Callahan v. First Congregational ChurchMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004
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- Petrell v. ShawMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2009
- Hiles v. Episcopal Diocese of MassachusettsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2002
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