ELLIS v. DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS

SJC-10956.

463 Mass. 541 (2012)

JAMES N. ELLIS, SR., & others v. DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

October 18, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Max D. Stern ( John Cushman with him) for the petitioners.

William W. Porter , Assistant Attorney General, for the respondent.

Present: SPINA, CORDY, GANTS, DUFFLY, & LENK, JJ.


DUFFLY, J.

The petitioners, attorneys who are licensed to practice law in the Commonwealth, challenge the validity of two aspects of the Commonwealth's workers' compensation system. They claim first that G. L. c. 152, § 7C, which authorizes the senior judge (senior judge) of the Department of Industrial Accidents (department) to suspend the right of an attorney to "practice or appear before the department," violates...

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