Doherty v. School Committee

These cross appeals raise issues of the interpretation of G. L. c. 39, § 23B (2)2 and 23B *644(3),3 the Commonwealth’s open meeting law. The plaintiffs, ten registered voters of the city of Boston who are also members of the Boston Teachers Union, appeal from a judgment in the Superior Court declaring that G. L. c. 39, § 23B (2), is not applicable if a school committee considers teachers’ layoffs based on budgetary constraints. The school committee appeals from a ruling that it was required to reconvene in open session to ratify the action taken at a properly held executive session. The judge…