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DOE v. ATTORNEY GENERAL (NO. 2)

425 Mass. 217 (1997)

JOHN DOE v. ATTORNEY GENERAL & another (No. 2).

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Hampden.

June 12, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Loretta M. Smith, Assistant Attorney General (H. Gregory Williams, Assistant Attorney General, with her) for the Attorney General & another.

William T. Walsh, Jr., for the plaintiff.

Carol A. Donovan & Mary Lisa Bonauto for the Committee for Public Counsel Services & another, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Joseph B. Lichtblau for Janet A. & another, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

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

WILKINS, C.J.

On November 19, 1996, a judge in the Superior Court issued a preliminary injunction enjoining the Commonwealth, its agents, employees, and representatives "from enforcing, implementing and complying with the provisions of G. L. c. 6, § 1781 (as inserted through St. 1996, c. 239)," as to the plaintiff. Section 1781, a portion of the so-called sex offender act (St. 1996, c. 239), is set forth in the margin...

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