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BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY v. GARCIA

449 Mass. 727 (2007)

BOSTON HOUSING AUTHORITY v. DORIS GARCIA.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

August 17, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. McCreight for the defendant.

Helene C. Maichle for the plaintiff.

The following submitted briefs for amici curiae:

Michael J. Sullivan, United States Attorney, Patricia M. Connolly, Assistant United States Attorney, Peter D. Keisler, Assistant Attorney General, Barbara C. Biddle, & Irene M. Solet for the United States.

Susan C. Cohen for Cambridge Housing Authority.

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

CORDY, J.

In Spence v. Gormley, 387 Mass. 258 (1982) (Gormley), we both affirmed that under Massachusetts law a housing authority cannot terminate a tenancy without "cause," G. L. c. 121B, § 32,1 and held that under the terms of leases then utilized between tenants and the Boston Housing Authority (BHA), violent acts committed by members of the tenant's household provided...

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