FINANCE COMMISSION OF BOSTON v. MAYOR OF BOSTON


370 Mass. 693 (1976)

351 N.E.2d 517

FINANCE COMMISSION OF BOSTON vs. MAYOR OF BOSTON & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 19, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Herbert P. Gleason, Corporation Counsel (Harold J. Carroll, Assistant Corporation Counsel, with him) for the defendants.

Edward J. Barshak (Peter L. Puciloski with him) for the plaintiff.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., BRAUCHER, KAPLAN, & WILKINS, JJ.


BRAUCHER, J.

The Finance Commission of Boston (commission) undertook to investigate the political fund raising activities of the mayor of Boston, and in the course of the investigation voted to exclude from its closed hearings attorneys who are selected by the mayor or his agents within his administration or who are regularly employed by the city. The mayor and the city appeal from a judgment of the Superior Court declaring...

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