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PINEO v. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL

412 Mass. 31 (1992)

586 N.E.2d 988

PETER B. PINEO & others vs. EXECUTIVE COUNCIL & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 24, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel B. Winslow for the plaintiffs.

E. Michael Sloman, Special Assistant Attorney General, for the Governor and Council.

Thomas P. McCusker, Jr., for Michael J. McCusker.

James C. Heigham, for Newspaper Publishers Association, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

John Reinstein, for Massachusetts Civil Liberties Union Foundation, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Daniel G. Hurley, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

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

LYNCH, J.

The plaintiffs, three registered voters of the Commonwealth, bring this action challenging the failure of the Executive Council (Council) to comply with the notice requirements of the open meeting law. G.L.c. 30A, § 11A 1/2 (1990 ed.). They claim the Council violated the open meeting law by conducting, without public notice, two public hearings regarding the nomination and confirmation of Michael J. McCusker as clerk-magistrate of the West Roxbury District...

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