PEARSON v. BOARD OF SELECTMEN OF LONGMEADOW

No. 98-P-762.

49 Mass. App. Ct. 119 (2000)

JOHN E. PEARSON & others v. BOARD OF SELECTMEN OF LONGMEADOW.

Court of Appeals of Massachusetts, Hampden.

April 14, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard W. Fang for the plaintiffs.

Michael K. Callan (David J. Martel with him) for the defendant.

Present: PORADA, DREBEN, & BECK, JJ.


DREBEN, J.

This appeal concerns the applicability of G. L. c. 39, §§ 23A and 23B, the open meeting law, to a nonpublic meeting attended by the chairman of the board of selectmen of Longmeadow, officials of the city of Springfield, and others. A judge of the Superior Court, after a jury-waived trial, held that there was no violation of c. 39 by reason of the chairman's attendance. We affirm the judgment.

The facts found by the trial judge, supplemented...

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