Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Fremont Investment & Loan

Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

Decided April 1, 2011No. SJC-10749PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtCowin, J.

This case concerns Samuel J. Lieberman’s claim to a right of access, pursuant to the public records law, G. L. c. 66, § 10 (defining rights, remedies and procedures); see G. L. c. 4, § 7, Twenty-sixth (defining “[pjublic records” and exemptions), to documents received in litigation by the Attorney General. The relevant documents were produced by Fremont Investment & Loan 3 and Fremont General Corporation (hereinafter, collectively, Fremont) in an enforcement action by the Attorney General against Fremont (enforcement action), and were subject to a protective order entered in that case. See…

2Cases cited22 opinions

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  4. Public Citizen v. Liggett Group, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
  5. Commonwealth v. JoyceMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1981

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