Legal Opinion
Feeney v. Commonwealth
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided September 16, 1977PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLiacos, J.
We have been presented with a question certified to us by the Supreme Court of the United States 1 pursuant to S.J.C. Rule 3:21, as amended, 366 Mass. 871 (1974). The question pertains to the authority of the Attorney General to prosecute an appeal to the Supreme Court from a judgment of the United States District Court, District of Massachusetts, contrary to the expressed objections of State officers whom he represented in the District Court proceedings.
The action which generated the question now before us was commenced by Helen B. Feeney under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 (1970) after she was refused…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Ex Parte YoungSupreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Edelman v. JordanSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Secretary of Administration & Finance v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1975
- Anthony v. Com. of Mass.District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1976
- Massachusetts v. FeeneySupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by42 opinions
- Personnel Administrator of Mass. v. FeeneySupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Boston Edison Co. v. Boston Redevelopment AuthorityMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1977
- Commonwealth v. Mass. CrincMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1984
- Lowell Gas Co. v. Attorney GeneralMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
- People Ex Rel. Deukmejian v. BrownCalifornia Supreme Court · 1981
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