Legal Opinion
Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, Inc. v. Attorney General
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided April 23, 1984PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
The Attorney General, through his division of public charities, appeals from a judgment entered in the Superior Court in Suffolk County declaring G. L. c. 68, § 28, 1 inapplicable to certain recruitment and fund-raising activities conducted by Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, Inc. (PPLM), and declaring the statute facially unconstitutional under the First Amendment to the Federal Constitution. 2 In August, 1982, PPLM had filed a complaint in the Superior Court seeking declaratory and injunctive relief which would enable the organization to conduct its recruitment and fund-raising…
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