Allen v. Board of Selectmen

In a suit against the Belmont selectmen, certain town residents and town registered voters sought to invalidate actions taken by the selectmen at a meeting on May 14, 1999, from which the public was excluded, during which the selectmen are alleged by the plaintiffs to have entered into a secret land deal with McLean Hospital.8

Specifically, the plaintiffs, Martha Eakin, Jeff Buster and Linda Cunningham (the residents), claim that the selectmen violated certain provisions of the open meeting law, G. L. c. 39, §§ 23A-23C, when they (1) failed to provide proper notice of the time and location of…