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GLOBE NEWSPAPER CO. v. CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER

404 Mass. 132 (1989)

533 N.E.2d 1356

GLOBE NEWSPAPER COMPANY & another vs. CHIEF MEDICAL EXAMINER.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 14, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Judy G. Zeprun, Assistant Attorney General (Richard D. Raskin of Illinois & Stanley E. Adelman with her) for the defendant.

E. Susan Garsh (Joanne D'Alcomo with her) for the plaintiffs.

Jack R. Bierig, James C. Dechene & Richard D. Raskin of Illinois, for College of American Pathologists, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

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

NOLAN, J.

The single, narrow issue in this appeal is whether reports of autopsies conducted by a medical examiner pursuant to G.L.c. 38, § 6, are "medical files or information" and exempt from disclosure under G.L.c. 4, § 7, Twenty-sixth (c). We hold them to be exempt.

The Legislature has declared that every person having custody of any public record "shall, at reasonable times and without unreasonable...

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