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BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE v. CITY COUNCIL OF LAWRENCE

403 Mass. 563 (1988)

531 N.E.2d 1254

BENEVOLENT & PROTECTIVE ORDER OF ELKS, LODGE No. 65, & others vs. CITY COUNCIL OF LAWRENCE.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Essex.

December 13, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip M. Cronin (Roger D. Matthews with him) for Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks, Lodge No. 65.

Carol Hajjar McGravey, City Solicitor, for the City Council of Lawrence.

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

HENNESSEY, C.J.

The plaintiffs, owners of land slated to be taken under an urban renewal plan, and ten registered voters, claim that the defendant, the city council of Lawrence (city council), violated the open meeting law. G.L.c. 39, §§ 23A-23C (1986 ed.). The plaintiffs allege that a violation occurred when the president of the city council (president) spoke with other members of the city council, individually...

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