| Docket # | SJC-10123 |
| Date | May 5, 2008 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
Summary
(prepared by Suffolk University Law School) | Employment Discrimination-- whether an employer with fewer than six employees is subject to suit under the Massachusetts Equal Rights Act for gender or pregnancy discrimination. |
| Appealed From | Suffolk Superior Court, Justice John C. Cratsley |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant
(Appearing) | Thurdin: Daniel W. Rice |
Counsel for Appellee
(Appearing) | SEI Boston, LLC: Joseph S. Berman, Kenneth J. Rodriguez |
| Amici Curiae | Massachusetts Employment Lawyers Association; American Civil Liberties Union; Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Justice; Union of Minority Neighborhoods; Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice; Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights Under Law of the Boston Bar Association; Gay and Lesbian Advocates and Defenders; New England Legal Foundation; Associated Industries of Massachusetts; National Federation of Independent Businesses Small Business Association |
