Legal Opinion

G & M Employment Service, Inc. v. Commonwealth

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided December 17, 1970PublishedCited by 37 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCutter, J.

Five plaintiffs (the services), each of which conducts an employment agency, by two bills in equity, seek declaratory relief and contest the constitutionality of St. 1967, c. 896 (the 1967 act), which amended the regulation of employment agencies found in G. L. c. 140, §§ 46A to 46R. One bill is brought against the Commonwealth. In the other bill the defendants are the Department of Labor and Industries (the department) and its commissioner (the commissioner).

The Commonwealth's demurrer to the bill against it was sustained. From that interlocutory decree and from a final decree dismissing…

2Cases cited33 opinions

  1. Olsen v. Nebraska Ex Rel. Western Reference & Bond Assn., Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
  2. Ribnik v. McBrideSupreme Court of the United States · 1928
  3. Petstel, Inc. v. County of KingWashington Supreme Court · 1969
  4. Commonwealth v. LeisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1969
  5. Kenyon v. City of ChicopeeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946

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3Cited by37 opinions

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  3. Management Personnel Services, Inc. v. SandefurCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1984
  4. Mobil Oil Corp. v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
  5. Braun v. Alaska Commercial Fishing & Agriculture BankAlaska Supreme Court · 1991

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