Legal Opinion
United States Jaycees v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 3, 1984PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*595Lynch, J.
This case presents the question whether The United States Jaycees (U.S. Jaycees) is a “place of public accommodation” within the meaning of G. L. c. 272, §§ 92A and 98.1 In *596a complaint brought before the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (MCAD), fourteen women alleged that the U.S. Jaycees’ and the Massachusetts Jaycees’ men-only membership policies amounted to unlawful sex discrimination in violation of G. L. c. 272, §§ 92A and 98. On January 27, 1981, an MCAD Commissioner decided that the U.S. Jaycees and Massachusetts Jaycees each constituted a “place of public…
2Cases cited18 opinions
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- School Committee of Wellesley v. LABOR RELATIONS COMM.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1978
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3Cited by46 opinions
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