Globe Newspaper Co. v. Conte

Plaintiff in this action, Globe Newspaper Co., sought from defendant district attorneys docket numbers for “municipal corruption” cases defendants had prosecuted in the preceding five years. Defendants did not comply, citing the Criminal Offender Record Information (“CORI”) statute, G.L.c. 6, §§167 et seq., and stating that the requested information could not be compiled without significant cost. Plaintiff then filed this action for declaratory and injunctive relief. The matter is now before the court on the parties’ cross motions for summary judgment.3 After a hearing, for the reasons…