Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Dowd
Massachusetts Appeals Court
Decided August 18, 1994No. 92-P-1688PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtKass, J.
Florence Dowd, who had authority to rent apartments in a building owned by her son, Robert, disapproved of unmarried people living together. Her stern conviction on this score ran her afoul of G. L. c. 15IB, § 4(7), which forbids refusing to rent a housing accommodation on the basis of marital status. 2 The principal issue on appeal from a Su perior Court judgment adverse to the Dowds is whether the Commonwealth, in the person of the Attorney General, may recover, in the same manner as a private person might, reasonable legal fees on account of the Attorney General’s exertions in bringing a…
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