Babets v. Secretary of Human Services

This matter is before us on a report, pursuant to G. L. c. 231, § 111 (1986 ed.), and Mass. R. Civ. P. 64, 365 Mass. 831 (1974), by a Superior Court judge of his interlocutory order allowing the plaintiffs’ motion to compel production of documents which the defendants contend are protected from disclosure by a “governmental privilege.” 3 The judge has stayed his order pending resolution of the report. We granted the plaintiffs’ application for direct appellate review, and now hold that the judge’s order 4 was correct, and that there is no such privilege in Massachusetts.

The plaintiffs…