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WALDEN v. BOARD OF REGISTRATION IN NURSING

395 Mass. 263 (1985)

479 N.E.2d 665

NANCY L. WALDEN vs. BOARD OF REGISTRATION IN NURSING & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

June 26, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan J. McDonald for the plaintiff.

Kathleen M. Bowers, Assistant Attorney General, for the defendants.

Donald K. Stern, Nelson W. Cunningham & Marjorie Heins, for Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Milton F. Lunch & Arthur E. Schwartz, of the District of Columbia, & John B. Miller, for National Society of Professional Engineers & another, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

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

WILKINS, J.

The plaintiff's appeal raises constitutional challenges to the requirement of G.L.c. 62C, § 49A (1984 ed.), that each person applying to the Commonwealth for a license to conduct a profession, trade, or business must certify under oath her compliance with the tax laws of the Commonwealth.

The plaintiff has been a registered nurse since 1960. A condition of her employment is that she be licensed as a registered nurse. She relies exclusively...

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