Legal Opinion
Porter v. Treasurer & Collector of Taxes
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided February 23, 1982PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
This appeal concerns a claim by the plaintiff against officials for the city of Worcester (city) for attorney’s fees under 42 U.S.C. § 1988 (1976). The plaintiff, on behalf of herself and others similarly situated, commenced a class action in September, 1977, for relief against the coercive use of threats of summary arrest and incarceration by local tax collectors. See G. L. c. 60, §§ 29-34A, as amended through St. 1963, c. 160, § 29.2
The complaint sought (1) a declaration that G. L. c. 60, §§ 29-34A, the tax collection statutes, were unconstitutional under the Constitution of the…
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