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ATTORNEY GENERAL v. SHERIFF OF SUFFOLK COUNTY

394 Mass. 624 (1985)

477 N.E.2d 361

ATTORNEY GENERAL vs. SHERIFF OF SUFFOLK COUNTY (and a consolidated case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 18, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Arthur Walsh (Edward H. Seksay with him) for Boston City Council.

Stephen S. Ostrach, Assistant Attorney General (Francis X. Bellotti, Attorney General, with him) for the Attorney General.

Chester A. Janiak (Christopher A. Duggan with him) for Sheriff of Suffolk County.

Max D. Stern for the interveners.

John O. Mirick, for Hawthorne Residents Association & another, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

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

NOLAN, J.

A single justice of this court, pursuant to Mass. R. Civ. P. 64, 365 Mass. 831 (1974), has reported the propriety of certain orders entered by him for our hearing and determination. We affirm these orders.

The Attorney General filed a complaint in the county court in which he sought an order to compel the sheriff of Suffolk County (Sheriff) to accept into his custody all pretrial detainees committed to him by the courts of the Commonwealth. The Sheriff...

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