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HOPE v. LANDAU

398 Mass. 738 (1986)

500 N.E.2d 809

CONSTANCE V. HOPE vs. RICHARD LANDAU & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

December 8, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Annese for the plaintiff.

Edward T. Hinchey for the defendants.

Marjorie Heins & Jinanne S.J. Elder, for Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

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

WILKINS, J.

A judge allowed the defendants' motion for summary judgment, concluding that the defendants were immune from liability in the circumstances. The plaintiff asserted that the defendants unlawfully distributed a letter containing confidential information obtained in the course of providing psychological services to the plaintiff and her daughter. The motion judge based his immunity decision on G.L.c. 119, §...

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