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CONNORS v. CITY OF BOSTON

430 Mass. 31 (1999)

DENNIS CONNORS & others v. CITY OF BOSTON & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

July 8, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vincent P. McCarthy, of Connecticut (William P. Monahan with him) for the plaintiffs.

David A. Mills (Robert L. Quinan, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, with him) for the city of Boston & another.

Jennifer L. Levi (Mary L. Bonauto with her) for Diane Pullen & others.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Thomas L. Reilly, Attorney General, & Robert L. Quinan, Jr., Assistant Attorney General, for the Attorney General.

David Rome, Katherine Shea, Ann Clarke, & Jeffrey Jacobsen, for Massachusetts Federation of Teachers & others.

Present: WILKINS, C.J., ABRAMS, LYNCH, GREANEY, FRIED, MARSHALL, & IRELAND, JJ.

MARSHALL, J.

We decide in this case whether an executive order signed by the mayor of the city of Boston extending group health insurance benefits to the domestic partners of city employees is inconsistent with certain provisions of State law and for that reason violates the Home Rule Amendment, art. 89, § 6, of the Amendments to the Massachusetts Constitution, and G. L. c. 43B, § 13.3 We conclude that it is, and that an interlocutory...

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