MASS. COMM'N AGAINST DISCRIMINATION v. LIBERTY MUT.


371 Mass. 186 (1976)

356 N.E.2d 236

MASSACHUSETTS COMMISSION AGAINST DISCRIMINATION vs. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

October 13, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marc S. Seigle, Assistant Attorney General, for the plaintiff.

Kalvin M. Grove of Illinois (Robert A. Penney with him) for the defendant.

Present: REARDON, QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, & KAPLAN, JJ.


QUIRICO, J.

This case raises the question, never before directly addressed by this court, whether the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination (commission) has power to issue a subpoena duces tecum for the production of books and records during an investigation and before a finding of probable cause. We hold that, pursuant to G.L.c. 151B, § 3 (6) and (7), the commission does have such power.

On June 10, 1971, the commission, of its own initiative...

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