BELL v. MAZZA


394 Mass. 176 (1985)

474 N.E.2d 1111

LOWRY M. BELL, JR., & another vs. PETER J. MAZZA & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Norfolk.

March 4, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel F. Featherston, Jr. (Susan S. Riedel with him) for the plaintiffs.

Marc K. Temin (Michael B. Keating with him) for the defendants.

Marjorie Heins, Robert P. Sherman, Victor D. Del Vecchio & Shelagh A. Ellman, for Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts & another, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

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


NOLAN, J.

The plaintiffs, Lowry M. Bell, Jr., and Diana M. Bell, appeal from an order of a Superior Court judge which dismissed their complaint for failure to state a claim under G.L.c. 12, § 11I, and 42 U.S.C. § 1985(3) (1982). The plaintiffs alleged that certain actions of the defendants, interfered with and denied the plaintiffs' rights secured by the Constitutions of the United States and the Commonwealth of...

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