HASTINGS & SONS PUBLISHING v. CITY TREASURER OF LYNN


374 Mass. 812 (1978)

375 N.E.2d 299

HASTINGS & SONS PUBLISHING COMPANY vs. CITY TREASURER OF LYNN & others (and a companion case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

April 18, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry Wise for the defendants.

Charles E. Schaub, Jr. (Nicholas G. Curuby with him) for the plaintiff.

Francis X. Bellotti, Attorney General, amicus curiae, & Jonathan Brant, Assistant Attorney General, submitted a brief.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, BRAUCHER, WILKINS, & LIACOS, JJ.


LIACOS, J.

The defendant members of the Lynn police department bring this appeal from a judgment in the Superior Court ordering the defendant treasurer of the city of Lynn (treasurer) to allow the plaintiff access to city payroll records for the year 1975. The Lynn policemen also appeal an order revoking a preliminary injunction which prohibited the disclosure of the financial records of members of the Lynn police department...

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