| Docket # | SJC-10712 |
| Date | November 1, 2010 |
| Video | View oral argument with Windows Media Player |
| Justices | Ireland, Spina, Cowin, Cordy, Botsford, Gants, JJ.
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| Summary | Anti-discrimination law, Arbitration, Termination of employment. Contract, Arbitration. Employment, Discrimination. Practice, Civil, Interlocutory appeal. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination. Massachusetts Arbitration Act. Federal Arbitration Act. Public policy. |
| Appealed From | Suffolk Superior Court, Justice Thomas E. Connolly |
| Briefs | See selection available in PDF format at Supreme Judicial Court website |
Counsel for Appellant
(Appearing) | Joule, Inc.: Thomas A. Reed, Eugene J. Sullivan, III |
Counsel for Appellee
(Appearing) | Simmons: Barbara A. Robb, Nancy S. Shilepsky |
Counsel for Intervener
(Appearing) | Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination: Catherine C. Ziehl |
| Amici Curiae | Massachusetts Academy of Trial Attorneys; Massachusetts Employment Lawyers Association; New England Legal Foundation; Associated Industries of Massachusetts; Commonwealth; American Civil Liberties Union; Charles Hamilton Houston Institute; Fair Employment Project, Inc.; Gay and Lesbian Advocates & Defenders; Greater Boston Civil Rights Coalition; Greater Boston Legal Services Corporation; Jewish Alliance for Law and Social Action; Massachusetts AFL-CIO; Massachusetts Law Reform Institute; Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law of the Boston Bar Association; League of United Latin American Citizens-Massachusetts; Massachusetts Transgender Political Coalition; National Lawyers Guild, Massachusetts Chapter; Union of Minority Neighborhoods |
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| Opinion | Click to link to the slip opinion of the Supreme Judicial Court, in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat) |
