Legal Opinion
Bougas v. Chief of Police of Lexington
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 13, 1976PublishedCited by 73 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtReardon, J.
This is an action brought under G. L. c. 66, § 10, for an order in the nature of mandamus to compel the defendants to give the plaintiffs access to certain records maintained by the defendants. It appears that on the night of May 2, 1975, Lexington police officers aided by policemen from Bedford and Burlington attempted to disperse persons present at the home of the plaintiff Terry Brenner on Adams Street in Lexington. In the attempt at dispersal, injury occurred to a number of persons including several bitten by a police dog. Three of the plaintiffs were charged with misdemeanors as a result…
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