KENNEDY v. JUSTICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF DUKES CTY.


356 Mass. 367 (1969)

252 N.E.2d 201

EDWARD M. KENNEDY vs. JUSTICE OF THE DISTRICT COURT OF DUKES COUNTY (and two companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

October 30, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward B. Hanify (Robert G. Clark, Jr., John M. Harrington, Jr., Thomas G. Dignan, Jr., Robert F. Hayes & John S. Hopkins, III, with him) for Edward M. Kennedy.

Paul J. Redmond (Daniel J. Daley with him) for John B. Crimmins & others.

Joseph P. Donahue, Jr. (George W. Anthes with him) for Joseph Gargan.

Joseph J. Hurley, Assistant Attorney General (Robert H. Quinn, Attorney General, and Walter H. Mayo, III, James P. Kiernan, Ruth I. Abrams & William E. Searson, III, Assistant Attorneys General, with him) for the Justice of the District Court of Dukes County.

Henry P. Monaghan, for Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., SPALDING, CUTTER, SPIEGEL, & REARDON, JJ.


BY THE COURT.

These cases, originally brought in the county court for Suffolk County, are each entitled, "Petition for Writ of Certiorari and Related Relief Pursuant to G.L.c. 211, § 3." They seek review of certain acts of the respondent relating to an inquest at which he was to preside. The cases involve questions not covered by our decisions. To expedite their consideration, the single justice properly reserved and reported the cases "for such decree as may...

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