Legal Opinion
District Attorney v. Board of Trustees of the Leonard Morse Hospital
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 18, 1983PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
The issue raised in this case is whether the board of trustees of Leonard Morse Hospital (hospital) is a governmental body within the meaning of the open meeting law, G. L. c. 39, § 23A. On May 16, 1979, the district attorney for the northern district notified the trustees that his office had received a complaint alleging that the board had been violating G. L. c. 39, §§ 23A-23C. He directed them to comply with the provisions of §§ 23A-23C. When the trustees replied that they were not subject to the statute, the district attorney brought suit in the Superior Court pursuant to G. L. c. 39, G.…
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