Legal Opinion
Simmons v. Clerk-Magistrate of the Boston Division of the Housing Court Department
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided December 19, 2006PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtSpina, J.
The plaintiffs, tenants in public housing owned and operated by the Boston Housing Authority (BHA), filed a complaint seeking relief in the nature of mandamus, pursuant to G. L. c. 249, § 5, in the Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County, challenging the practice of the Housing Court Department of assessing entry fees and surcharges in civil actions filed by the BHA, and the practice of the BHA of passing along such fees and surcharges as costs to public housing residents who are defendants in actions brought by the BHA. A single justice reserved and reported the matter, without decision,…
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