Legal Opinion
Attorney General v. Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Ass'n
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 2, 1979PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKaplan, J.
Believing that a rule of the defendant Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association, Inc., (MIAA) that "No boy may play on a girls’ team,” as impressed upon and carried out by public schools under school committee jurisdiction, was unlawful, the State Board of Education referred the matter to the Attorney General for appropriate action under G. L. c. 15, § 1G. 3 The Attorney General decided to resort to litigation and, joining with him the Board of Education and the Commissioner of Education, he commenced the present action in October, 1978, in the Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk…
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3Cited by53 opinions
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