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MASSACHUSETTS PRISONERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE v. THE ACTING GOVERNOR

435 Mass. 811 (2002)

MASSACHUSETTS PRISONERS ASSOCIATION POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE & others v. THE ACTING GOVERNOR & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

February 6, 2002.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony M. Doniger (William L. Boesch & John Reinstein with him) for the plaintiffs.

Adam Simms, Assistant Attorney General, for the defendants.

Present: (Sitting at Salem): MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, SOSMAN, & CORDY, JJ.

SOSMAN, J.

The plaintiffs, organizers of the Massachusetts Prisoners Association Political Action Committee (MPAPAC), filed the present action challenging Executive Order No. 399, which directed the Department of Correction (department) to prohibit political fundraising in prisons, as required by G. L. c. 55, § 14. The plaintiff Michael Shea also sought to overturn disciplinary sanctions imposed on him for violation of that statute. A Superior Court judge entered...

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