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Argued April 6, 1981.
Decided May 20, 1981.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Barbara A. H. Smith, Asst. Atty. Gen., Chief, Crim. Appellate Div., Boston, Mass., with whom Francis X. Bellotti, Atty. Gen., Stephen R. Delinsky, Chief, Crim. Bureau, and Roberta Thomas Brown, Asst. Atty. Gen., Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellant.
Ernest DiNisco, Sp. Atty., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., with whom Edward F. Harrington, U. S. Atty., Jeremiah T. O'Sullivan, Sp. Atty., Dept. of Justice, and Douglas P. Woodlock, Asst. U. S. Atty., Boston, Mass., were on brief, for appellee.
Francis V. Dow, Asst. Atty. Gen., Albany, N. Y., with whom Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen., and Shirley Adelson Siegel, Sol. Gen., Albany, N. Y., were on brief, for the Attorney General of the State of New York, amicus curiae.
Paul M. Stein, Boston, Mass., with whom Edward F. Hines, Jr., George A. Berman and Choate, Hall & Stewart, Boston, Mass., were on brief for the Boston Bar Ass'n, amicus curiae.
Richard E. Mastrangelo, Associate Counsel, Boston, Mass., on brief for the Associated Industries of Massachusetts, amicus curiae.
Kenneth W. Bergen and Bingham, Dana & Gould, Boston, Mass., on brief for the Massachusetts Society of Certified Public Accountants, amicus curiae.
Robert Abrams, Atty. Gen., Albany, N. Y., and Wilson L. Condon, Atty. Gen., Juneau, Alaska, on brief of the Attorneys General of the States of New York, Alaska, Connecticut, Minnesota, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oregon and South Dakota, amici curiae.
Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and BREYER, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.
COFFIN, Chief Judge.
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