Ward v. Coletti

In the course of carrying out its official tasks — recently described by us in Ward v. Peabody, 380 Mass. 805, 806-808 (1980) — the Legislature’s Special Commission Concerning State and County Buildings on March 28, 1979, issued a summons to David B. Coletti, an officer of Coletti Brothers, Inc., a Hingham architectural firm which had received a number of contracts for the design and construction of public buildings. Appearing before the Commission on April 11, 1979, Coletti refused to answer questions or to produce documents in accordance with the summons and corresponding directions of the…