ATTORNEY GENERAL v. LAFFEY


388 Mass. 743 (1983)

447 N.E.2d 1240

ATTORNEY GENERAL vs. JOSEPH LAFFEY, JR., & another (and two companion cases).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 12, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James T. Grady (Gabriel O. Dumont, Jr., with him) for Joseph Laffey, Jr.

George R. Sprague (Jay A. Lupica with him) for Eric H. Jostrom.

Carl Valvo, Assistant Attorney General (Stephen S. Ostrach, Assistant Attorney General, with him) for the Governor & others.

Present: HENNESSEY, C.J., WILKINS, LIACOS, ABRAMS, & O'CONNOR, JJ.


WILKINS, J.

These actions present the question whether Governor Michael S. Dukakis lawfully removed Joseph Laffey, Jr., and Eric H. Jostrom as members of the Massachusetts Port Authority (Authority). On January 17, 1983, we heard argument in these consolidated cases which a single justice had reserved and reported to us on the pleadings and a statement of agreed facts. That same day, in the action brought by the Attorney...

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