Legal Opinion
Doe v. City of Lynn
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided August 28, 2015No. SJC 11822PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHines, J.
In this appeal, we determine whether an ordinance imposing restrictions on the right of sex offenders to reside in the city of Lynn (city) is prohibited by the Home Rule Amendment, art. 89, § 6, of the Amendments to the Massachusetts Constitution, and the Home Rule Procedures Act, G. L. c. 43B, § 13. The plaintiffs, who represent a certified class of sex offenders subject to the ordinance, challenged the constitutionality of the ordinance on various grounds. 3 A judge in the Superior Court invalidated the ordinance under the Home Rule Amendment. The city appealed and we granted the…
2Cases cited21 opinions
- Korematsu v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Choctaw Nation v. OklahomaSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Bloom v. City of WorcesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1973
- Opinion of the Justices to the SenateMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1996
- Grace v. Town of BrooklineMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1979
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Doe, SORB No. 380316 v. Sex Offender Registry BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2015
- Commonwealth v. SylvesterMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2016
- Noe, SORB No. 5340 v. Sex Offender Registry BoardMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 2018
- O'Brien v. Boston Clear Water Company, LLCMassachusetts Land Court · 2021
- People ex rel. Johnson v. Superintendent, Adirondack Corr. FacilityAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2019
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