WESTINGHOUSE BDCST. v. SERGEANT-AT-ARMS OF GEN. CT.


375 Mass. 179 (1978)

375 N.E.2d 1205

WESTINGHOUSE BROADCASTING COMPANY, INC. vs. SERGEANT-AT-ARMS OF THE GENERAL COURT OF MASSACHUSETTS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 9, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ernest P. DeSimone, Assistant Attorney General, for the defendant.

Daniel J. Gleason for the plaintiff.

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


LIACOS, J.

This is an action brought under G.L.c. 66, § 10, for an order in the nature of mandamus to compel the defendant, sergeant-at-arms of the General Court, to give the plaintiff access to certain telephone billing records. After a hearing, a judge of the Superior Court ordered the defendant to make these records available to a representative of the plaintiff for inspection and copying. The defendant appealed this judgment, and the trial judge granted a...

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