Legal Opinion
Town of Edgartown v. State Ethics Commission
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 8, 1984PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtO’Connor, J.
This case is before us on appeal 2 by the State Ethics Commission (commission) from a declaratory judgment entered by a judge of the Superior Court pursuant to G. L. c. 231A, § 1, construing G. L. c. 268A, §§ 11 (a), 11 (c), 17 (a), and 17 (c). 3 General Laws c. 268A regulates the conduct of State, county, and municipal employees relating to the performance of their official duties. The judge ruled that G. L. c. 268A, §§17 (a) and 17 (c), would not bar the plaintiff, Mr. Allan van Gestel, a Massachusetts attorney, from acting as attorney simultaneously for private parties and for the town of…
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