Legal Opinion
Connors v. City of Boston
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 8, 1999PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, J.
We decide in this case whether an executive order signed by the mayor of the city of Boston extending group health insurance benefits to the domestic partners of city employees is inconsistent with certain provisions of State law and for that reason violates the Home Rule Amendment, art. 89, § 6, of the Amendments to the Massachusetts Constitution, and G. L. c. 43B, § 13.3 We conclude that it is, and that an interlocutory order to that effect entered by a judge in the Superior Court is correct.
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On August 4, 1998, Mayor Thomas M. Menino signed an executive order extending group health…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Bloom v. City of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Kerrigan v. City of BostonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Grace v. Town of BrooklineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- Higgins v. PrattMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1944
- Take Five Vending, Ltd. v. Town of ProvincetownMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1993
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3Cited by16 opinions
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- Durand v. IDC Bellingham, LLCMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2003
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