Legal Opinion
Globe Newspaper Co. v. Police Commissioner
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 5, 1995PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
The plaintiffs, Globe Newspaper Company and Sean P. Murphy, one of its reporters (whom we shall refer to collectively as Globe) brought this action for declaratory and injunctive relief in the Superior Court pursuant to the public records law, G. L. c. 66, § 10 (b) (1992 ed.), and G. L. c. 231A (1992 ed.),. against the defendant the police commissioner of Boston (commissioner). The district attorney for the Suffolk district was permitted to intervene on the police commissioner’s side of the dispute. (When the context suggests, we shall refer to the commissioner and the district attorney…
2Cases cited26 opinions
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3Cited by36 opinions
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