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CURRIER v. NATIONAL BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS

SJC-10898.

462 Mass. 1 (2012)

SOPHIE C. CURRIER v. NATIONAL BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

December 8, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marisa L. Pizzi for the plaintiff.

Joseph F. Savage, Jr. (Suzanne Williams, of Pennsylvania, with him) for the defendant.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Gerald Calnen for Academy of Breastfeeding Medicine.

Robert A. Burgoyne, of the District of Columbia, & John D. Lawrence for National Conference of Bar Examiners & others.

Simone R. Liebman & Catherine C. Ziehl for Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination.

Present: IRELAND, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, GANTS, & LENK, JJ.

IRELAND, C.J.

This case arose from a dispute between the plaintiff, Sophie C. Currier (Currier), a medical student and a nursing mother, and the defendant, the National Board of Medical Examiners (NBME), a private, nonprofit corporation2 responsible for administering the United States medical licensing examination (exam), which is a test required for medical licensure in Massachusetts. Currier brought an action for declaratory relief seeking...

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