Legal Opinion
East Chop Tennis Club v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 24, 1973PublishedCited by 120 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtQuirico, J.
This bill in equity is for both declaratory and injunctive relief under G. L. c. 231 A. The plaintiffs are the East Chop Tennis Club and the club’s president, vice-president and treasurer (hereinafter collectively called the club); the defendants are the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination and its commissioners (hereinafter called the commission). The club seeks a declaratory decree that it is not a public accommodation within the purview of G. L. c. 272, § 92A, which prohibits certain types of discrimination in such facilities, and a permanent injunction restraining the…
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