Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Area II Homecare for Senior Citizens, Inc.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 16, 1986PublishedCited by 64 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLynch, J.
The plaintiff, a black woman and a member of the Pentecostal faith, brought this action against her former employer and its executive director. The plaintiff’s employment was terminated when she took a two-month leave of absence to do missionary work abroad for her church, despite the fact that her request for this leave had been denied. On October 28, 1983, the plaintiff filed a complaint in the Superior Court seeking temporary and permanent injunctive relief preventing the defendants from filling the position from which she had been dismissed and a permanent injunction ordering the…
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