Connolly v. Bromery

Connolly and Kropp, the plaintiffs, brought this action to compel disclosure, as public records, of written evaluations made by students of the performance of faculty at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst (the University)-

Much that the plaintiffs have argued in this case has since been disposed of, adversely to them, in Globe Newspaper Co. v. Boston Retirement Bd., 388 Mass. 427 (1983). It was there decided (at 438) that personnel and medical files or information were “absolutely exempt from disclosure” under G. L. c. 66, § 10 (providing for disclosure of public records), read…