Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. United Food Corp.
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 11, 1978PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The defendant United Food Corporation (United) operates a business under the name of the Two O’clock Lounge in a so called adult entertainment area on Washington Street in Boston. United leases premises in which there are three stages on which nude dancing is performed. The premises are owned by each of two other defendants below, who are not appellants. The district attorney for Suffolk County commenced this civil proceeding under G. L. c. 139, §§ 4-13,19-20, seeking relief against the maintenance of a nuisance, based on an allegation that the premises were used for prostitution.
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