Legal Opinion
General Electric Co. v. Department of Environmental Protection
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided June 24, 1999PublishedCited by 97 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGreaney, J.
The principal issue we consider in this case is whether a governmental entity subject to the public records statute, G. L. c. 66, § 10, may withhold from public disclosure documents and other records on the basis of an implied exemption for materials covered by the work product doctrine.2 We granted the parties’ applications for direct appellate review. We now vacate that part of the judgment declaring that the Department of Environmental Protection “was not incorrect, as a matter of law, to assert . . . that it may withhold documents requested under G. L. c. 66, § 10, ... if they fall within…
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