Legal Opinion
Globe Newspaper Co. v. Commissioner of Revenue
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided May 20, 1991PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtAbrams, J.
On July 18, 1990, the Governor approved tax legislation which amended the statutory exemptions to the sales and use taxes for certain manufacturing processes. St. 1990, c. 121, §§ 48, 49. On July 19, 1990, the Globe Newspaper Company filed a complaint in the Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County, contending that these amendments impermissibly burden the Globe’s rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments of the Constitution of the United States, and art. 16 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights. The Globe seeks declaratory and injunctive relief pursuant to G. L. c. 12, § 111; G.…
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