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HASTINGS v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION

424 Mass. 46 (1997)

FRED A. HASTINGS & others v. COMMISSIONER OF CORRECTION & others (and a companion case).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Middlesex.

January 7, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald A. Harwood, of New York (Thomas E. Finnerty with him) for Christopher J. Pina & another.

Steven J. Rappaport for Fred A. Hastings & others.

Charles M. Wyzanski for the Commisssioner of Correction & others.

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

GREANEY, J.

In two consolidated actions filed in the Superior Court, the plaintiffs, six inmates serving life sentences for their convictions of murder in the second degree, sought injunctive and declaratory relief, damages, and attorney's fees in connection with an administrative order of the Commissioner of Correction (commissioner). The order, issued on March 11, 1991, transferred all inmates serving life sentences for their convictions of murder in the second...

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