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POWERS v. SECRETARY OF ADMINISTRATION

412 Mass. 119 (1992)

587 N.E.2d 744

STEPHEN POWERS & others vs. SECRETARY OF ADMINISTRATION & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

March 4, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael D. Powers (Shirley M. Foley with him) for the plaintiffs.

David Hofstetter, Assistant Attorney General, for Secretary of Administration.

James G. Reardon for receiver for the city of Chelsea.

Harold L. Lichten & Betsy Ehrenberg, for Chelsea Firefighters, Local 937, International Association of Firefighters, AFL-CIO, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: LIACOS, C.J., WILKINS, ABRAMS, NOLAN, LYNCH, O'CONNOR, & GREANEY, JJ.

LIACOS, C.J.

On September 11, 1991, in response to a recommendation from the Governor, the Senate and the House of Representatives (House) each passed to be enacted "An Act establishing a receivership for the city of Chelsea" (Receivership Act). St. 1991, c. 200. The Receivership Act provided, inter alia, that: (1) a "fiscal crisis" existed in Chelsea; (2) a receivership must be established and a receiver appointed by the Governor to an initial one year term "[i]n...

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