COE v. SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY BOARD


442 Mass. 250 (2004)

CHARLES COE & others v. SEX OFFENDER REGISTRY BOARD.

Supreme Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

August 3, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carol A. Donovan, Committee for Public Counsel Services (Susan V. Oker, Committee for Public Counsel Services, with her) for the plaintiffs.

Daniel A. Less, Special Assistant Attorney General (Jane L. Willoughby, Assistant Attorney General, with him) for the defendant.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Timothy J. Cruz, District Attorney, & Gail M. McKenna, Assistant District Attorney, for District Attorney for the Plymouth District & others.

Barbara Fedders for Harvard Law School Criminal Justice Institute & others.

Daniel S. Armagh & Jessica A. Derder for National Center for Missing & Exploited Children & others.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, SOSMAN, & CORDY, JJ.


GREANEY, J.

We granted an application by the sex offender registry board (board) for direct appellate review to decide whether a Superior Court judge correctly dissolved a preliminary injunction that enjoined the board from disseminating "offender-specific registration information" on the Internet. The case involves a challenge under art. 12 of the Declaration of Rights of the Massachusetts Constitution to an amendment to the sex offender act, G. L. c. 6, §&...

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