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DOE v. STATE ETHICS COMMISSION

444 Mass. 269 (2005)

JOHN DOE v. STATE ETHICS COMMISSION.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 18, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paige Scott Reed & Walter B. Prince for the plaintiff.

Diane M. Meibaum, Special Assistant Attorney General (Peter Sturges, Special Assistant Attorney General, with her) for the defendant.

Richard L. Neumeier, for Common Cause of Massachusetts, amicus curiae, submitted a brief.

Present: Marshall, C.J., Greaney, Ireland, Spina, Cowin, & Cordy, JJ.

GREANEY, J.

General Laws c. 268B, § 4 (d), provides that the State Ethics Commission (commission) "may require by summons the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of books, papers, and other records relating to any matter being investigated by it pursuant to [G. L. c. 268B] or [G. L. c. 268A]." We granted the commission's application for direct appellate review in this case to consider, for the second time, whether the language quoted...

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