Legal Opinion
DIST. ATT. FOR THE PLYMOUTH v. Board of Selectmen
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 8, 1985PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
The district attorney for the Plymouth District filed suit alleging that the board of selectmen of Middleborough (board) violated the terms of the open meeting law, G. L. c. 39, §§ 23A-23C (1984 ed.), when the board held a meeting with its attorney which was closed to the public. A complaint by a newspaper reporter excluded from this executive session prompted the present action by the district attorney for the Plymouth District. Judgment for the plaintiff issued after a jury-waived trial in Superior Court. The judge ordered that the records of the meeting in question be made public 1 and…
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