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DIST. ATTORNEY FOR PLYMOUTH DIST. v. NEW ENGLAND TEL.

379 Mass. 586 (1980)

399 N.E.2d 866

DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR THE PLYMOUTH DISTRICT vs. NEW ENGLAND TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Plymouth.

January 24, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John P. Corbett, Assistant District Attorney, for the plaintiff.

Harry A. Davenport (Casimir S. Lopata with him) for the defendant.

John Reinstein, Judith H. Mizner & David Carson, for the Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

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

WILKINS, J.

On March 2, 1979, the district attorney for the Plymouth District (district attorney) obtained an order from a judge of the Superior Court, pursuant to a motion to compel technical assistance, directing the New England Telephone & Telegraph Company (company) to assist the district attorney in the installation of a cross frame unit trap or similar device on a particular telephone line. A cross frame unit trap records the telephone numbers of incoming...

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