East Chop Tennis Club v. Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination

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• dismissing complaint seeking declaratory relief against commission where respondent failed to exhaust administrative remedies and expressing no opinion on merits of legal issue
• “proceeding for declaratory relief in itself does not operate to suspend the ordinary requirement that a plaintiff exhaust his administrative remedies before seeking judicial relief”
• distinguishing Meenes v. Goldberg, 331 Mass. 688, 691-692 [1954], in which this court determined that the plaintiffs could obtain declaratory relief as to the validity of a lien for the nonpayment of taxes, including a sewer assessment
• suspension of exhaustion requirement would be warranted where case involves public questions affecting nonparties
• plaintiff was party to ongoing administrative proceeding before defendant agency when it initiated court action for declaratory relief
• legal determination whether private club is place of public accommodation subject to discrimination laws is fact intensive and “would only resolve the specific dispute between the club and the commission”

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