WBZ-TV4 v. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF LABOR


414 Mass. 767 (1993)

610 N.E.2d 923

WBZ-TV4 vs. EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF LABOR & another.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

April 7, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Juliet A. Davison (Irwin B. Grant Schwarz with her) for the plaintiff.

Peter Sacks, Assistant Attorney General, for the defendants.

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


O'CONNOR, J.

This case presents the question whether G.L.c. 140, §§ 46A-46R (1990 ed.), which governs the licensing of employment agencies, or the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, or art. 16 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights requires the Commissioner of Labor and Industries (commissioner) to permit the general public to attend licensing hearings. The plaintiff, WBZ-TV4, sought injunctive relief in the Superior Court barring the...

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