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ATTORNEY GEN. v. MASS. INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC ASS'N

378 Mass. 342 (1979)

393 N.E.2d 284

ATTORNEY GENERAL & others vs. MASSACHUSETTS INTERSCHOLASTIC ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, INC. & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 2, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert H. Bohn, Jr., Assistant Attorney General (Joan Entmacher, Assistant Attorney General, with him) for the plaintiffs.

Roger Dowd (Ben D. Cooper with him) for the defendants.

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

KAPLAN, J.

Believing that a rule of the defendant Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association, Inc., (MIAA) that "No boy may play on a girls' team," as impressed upon and carried out by public schools under school committee jurisdiction, was unlawful, the State Board of Education referred the matter to the Attorney General for appropriate action under G.L.c. 15, § 1G.3 The Attorney General decided to resort to litigation and...

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