Legal Opinion
Town Crier, Inc. v. Chief of Police of Weston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 27, 1972PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTauro, C.J.
The petitioners seek a writ of mandamus ordering the respondent chief of police and custodian of police records in the town of Weston to make available for their examination an arrest register and daily log maintained by the Weston police department. The petitioners are Town Crier, Inc., a corporation publishing a weekly newspaper with circulation in Weston, and Thomas F. Sleeper, the editor of the newspaper. The case has been reported without decision by a justice of the Superior Court upon a statement of agreed facts. G. L. c. 231, § 111.
The petitioners argue that the respondent’s refusal…
2Cases cited31 opinions
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- Eisenstadt v. BairdSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Logan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- United States v. RyderSupreme Court of the United States · 1884
- MacEwan v. HOLMOregon Supreme Court · 1961
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3Cited by36 opinions
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