Legal Opinion
Doe v. Attorney General
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 12, 1997PublishedCited by 45 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWilkins, C.J.
On November 19, 1996, a judge in the Superior Court entered an order preliminarily enjoining the Commonwealth, its agents, employees, and representatives “from enforcing, implementing and complying with any and all provisions of St. 1996, Chapter 239” as to the plaintiff. Chapter 239 of the Acts of 1996, entitled “An Act relative to sex offender registration and community notification,” added §§ 178C through 1780 to G. L. c. 6 (sex offender act). The defendants have appealed pursuant to G. L. c. 231, § 118, second par., and we transferred the appeal here. We shall direct that the order…
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