Commonwealth v. Chatham Development Co.

This is an appeal by Chatham Development Co., Inc. (Chatham), which owns and manages a large apartment complex in Auburndale, from a permanent injunction entered on March 18, 1997, by a Superior Court judge. After consideration of the parties’ submissions under Mass.R.Civ.P. 56, 365 Mass. 824 (1974), the judge enjoined Chatham from including in its leases a provision that requires tenants to pay a *526constable fee as a consequence of late payment of rent.1 On the Commonwealth’s motion for assessment of damages, the judge ordered Chatham to pay civil penalties and attorneys’ fees pursuant to G.…