Legal Opinion

Kolodziej v. Smith

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided March 16, 1992PublishedCited by 24 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtO’Connor, J.

At all relevant times, the defendant Warren Smith was the president and sole shareholder of the corporate defendant Electro-Term, Inc. The plaintiff asserts in her complaint that the defendants interfered with her rights of religious freedom guaranteed by the Federal and State Constitutions, entitling her to damages and other relief under G. L. c. 12, § 11I (1990 ed.). She seeks similar relief on the ground that the defendants made her retention of employment conditional on her forgoing the practice of her “creed or religion as required by that creed or religion” in violation of G. L. c.…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Employment Div., Dept. of Human Resources of Ore. v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1990
  2. Thomas v. Review Board of the Indiana Employment Security DivisionSupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  3. Flesner v. Technical Communications Corp.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
  4. Torcaso v. WatkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
  5. Yellow Freight System, Inc. v. DonnellySupreme Court of the United States · 1990

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3Cited by24 opinions

  1. Jones v. Kmart Corp.California Supreme Court · 1998
  2. Attorney General v. DesiletsMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1994
  3. Pielech v. Massasoit Greyhound, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
  4. York v. Zurich Scudder Investments, Inc.Massachusetts Appeals Court · 2006
  5. Pielech v. Massasoit Greyhound, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2004

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