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GHIGLIONE v. SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF SOUTHBRIDGE

376 Mass. 70 (1978)

378 N.E.2d 984

LOREN F. GHIGLIONE & others vs. SCHOOL COMMITTEE OF SOUTHBRIDGE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Worcester.

July 21, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Morrill (Paul Lamarine with him) for the plaintiffs.

Matthew R. McCann (James F. Cosgrove with him) for the defendant.

James C. Heigham for Massachusetts Newspaper Publishers Association, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Jeffrey M. Freedman for Massachusetts Teachers Association & Southbridge Education Association, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., QUIRICO, KAPLAN, WILKINS, & ABRAMS, JJ.

ABRAMS, J.

The plaintiffs, three registered voters of the town of Southbridge, challenge the action of the defendant school committee of Southbridge (school committee) in conducting a grievance hearing in closed session as a violation of the open meeting law, G.L.c. 39, §§ 23A-23C.1

The school committee conducted a regularly scheduled meeting on December 21, 1976. The meeting...

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