Wright v. City of Lawrence

Ten registered voters of the city of Lawrence sued the city for a declaration that they were entitled to record on video (i.e. audio-visual) tape the public (i.e. nonexecutive) meetings of the city council. It was understood that the judge of the Superior Court would decide the case on the basis of the admitted facts, as disclosed by the pleadings and answers *344to interrogatories. The material facts may be summarized thus. On December 20, 1983, the council allowed representatives of two unions to tape record (evidently meaning sound record) public meetings of the council in which they were…