Metro Equipment Corp. v. Commonwealth

Metro Equipment Corporation (Metro) appeals from the Superior Court’s judgment denying its motion for judgment on the pleadings and affirming the division of administrative law appeals’ (DALA) decision to uphold a civil citation issued by the Attorney General. On appeal, Metro claims that the Attorney General’s requests for payroll records violate its (and its unnamed record custodian’s) rights under the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution and art. 12 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights; the Attorney General’s requests constitute warrantless searches in violation of the…