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CAPE COD TIMES v. SHERIFF OF BARNSTABLE COUNTY

443 Mass. 587 (2005)

CAPE COD TIMES v. SHERIFF OF BARNSTABLE COUNTY.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Barnstable.

March 8, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas P. Crotty for the plaintiff.

Matthew M. Murphy for the defendant.

Edward F. O'Brien, Jr., for Massachusetts Sheriff's Association, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: MARSHALL, C.J., GREANEY, IRELAND, SPINA, COWIN, SOSMAN, & CORDY, JJ.

MARSHALL, C.J.

We consider in this case whether G. L. c. 66, § 10, the public records law,1 requires that the elected sheriff of Barnstable County permit the Cape Cod Times, a division of Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. (newspaper), to inspect records of the names and addresses of individuals appointed to serve as "reserve deputy sheriffs."2 The sheriff has refused...

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