Legal Opinion
Pielech v. Massasoit Greyhound, Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided March 11, 2004PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtIreland, J.
This case has a long procedural history, which we discuss below, concerning the same plaintiffs who were before this court in Pielech v. Massasoit Greyhound, Inc., 423 Mass. 534 (1996), cert. denied, 520 U.S. 1131 (1997) (Pielech I). In Pielech I, this court declared G. L. c. 151B, § 4 (1A), unconstitutional. Subsequently, the Legislature amended the statute, including a provision to make the amendment retroactive. St. 1997, c. 2. After a jury trial in the Superior Court where the defendant was found, inter alla, liable for discrimination, the parties filed cross appeals. We transferred the…
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