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CRENSHAW v. MACKLIN

430 Mass. 633 (2000)

JACQUELINE CRENSHAW v. WALLACE MACKLIN.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

January 21, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claire Laporte (Nicole R. Hadas with her) for the plaintiff.

Wallace Macklin, pro se, submitted a brief.

Pauline Quirion, for Women's Bar Association & others, amici curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., ABRAMS, LYNCH, GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, & COWIN, JJ.

MARSHALL, C.J.

The plaintiff, Jacqueline Crenshaw, appeals from a decision of a judge in the District Court denying her request for a permanent protective order against the defendant, Wallace Macklin, pursuant to G. L. c. 209A, § 3. The judge said that she was not authorized to do so. We granted the plaintiff's application for direct appellate review. We hold that G. L. c. 209A, § 3, empowers a judge in the District Court (or any other court with jurisdiction...

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