Legal Opinion
Kilbane v. Secretary of Human Services
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided August 3, 1982PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKass, J.
Acting under G. L. c. 266, § 91, as amended through St. 1963, c. 222, which deals with false advertising, the plaintiff sought to enjoin the defendants from publishing and distributing certain informational material. A Superior Court judge allowed a motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim for which relief can be granted (Mass.R.Civ.P. 12[b][6], 365 Mass. 755 [1974]) and judgment entered accordingly. We affirm.
The basis for dismissing the complaint was that the Commonwealth may not be made to answer to actions under G. L. *287c. 266, § 91. That statute, inserted by St. 1916,…
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