Legal Opinion
Suffolk Construction Co. v. Division of Capital Asset Management
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided July 13, 2007PublishedCited by 34 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMarshall, C.J.
The issue in this case is whether, by enacting the public records law, G. L. c. 66, § 10, and G. L. c. 4, § 7, *445Twenty-sixth, the Legislature intended to extinguish the protection provided by the attorney-client privilege to public officers or employees and governmental entities subject to that law. The case arises in conjunction with a dispute between Suffolk Construction Co., Inc. (Suffolk), as general contractor, and the defendant, the division of capital asset management and maintenance (DCAM),1 over payment of construction costs for the renovation of the public building in Boston now…
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