Legal Opinion
Quinn v. State Ethics Commission
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 10, 1987PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, J.
The State Ethics Commission (commission) concluded that Robert J. Quinn violated § 7 of the State’s conflict of interest law (G. L. c. 268A [1986 ed.]) when he served both as acting comptroller of the Massachusetts Water Resources Authority (MWRA) and as a bail commissioner appointed by the Superior Court of the Commonwealth pursuant to G. L. c. 276, § 57 (1986 ed.). Section 7, whose first paragraph is set forth in full in the margin,1 in part forbids a State *211employee from knowingly having a financial interest in a contract made by a State agency in which the Commonwealth has an interest. The…
2Cases cited9 opinions
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- Crenshaw v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Cottage Street Methodist Episcopal Church v. KendallMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1877
- Town of Edgartown v. State Ethics CommissionMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
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