Legal Opinion
Attorney General v. Administrative Justice of Boston Municipal Court Department of Trial Court
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided October 26, 1981PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHennessey, C.J.
The Attorney General commenced this action by a complaint filed in the Supreme Judicial Court for Suffolk County. He seeks an order in the nature of quo warranto (G. L. c. 249, § 9), or, alternatively, an order pursuant to the court’s general superintendence power (G. L. c. 211, § 3), declaring that the defendant, the Administrative Justice of the Boston Municipal Court Department of the Trial Court, is not also the Administrative *512Justice of the Housing Court Department of the Trial Court. The circumstances giving rise to this action are the Legislature’s approval of provisions in certain…
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