Legal Opinion
Cloutier v. Costco Wholesale
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided March 30, 2004No. CIV.A. 02-30138-MAPPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER REGARDING DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND PLAINTIFFS MOTION TO CERTIFY A QUESTION OF LAW (Docket Nos. 35 & 39)
PONSOR, District Judge.
I. INTRODUCTION
Plaintiff Kimberly Cloutier is a member of the Church of Body Modification, a national organization of some thousand members that emphasizes, as part of its religious doctrine, spiritual growth through body modification. 1 Defendant Costco, plaintiffs former employer, terminated Cloutier after she violated Costco’s dress code by insisting on wearing facial piercings while working as a cashier and by refusing an…
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