Lipman v. Massachusetts

OPINION

CAFFREY, District Judge.

This is a civil action in which plaintiffs, both of whom are court reporters, seek temporary and permanent injunctive relief and money damages. The matter came before the Court upon plaintiffs’ application for a preliminary injunction and upon defendants’ motion to dismiss. The motion to dismiss will be treated as a motion for summary judgment, pursuant to Rule 12(c), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, because at the hearing held thereon the Court was presented with matters outside the pleadings, including nine documentary exhibits for plaintiffs, three…