WALTER E. FERNALD CORPORATION v. THE GOVERNOR

SJC-11801.

471 Mass. 520 (2015)

31 N.E.3d 47

WALTER E. FERNALD CORPORATION v. THE GOVERNOR & others.

Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts, Suffolk.

May 29, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Callanan , Assistant Attorney General ( John M. Donnelly , Assistant Attorney General, with him) for the defendants.

Thomas J. Frain ( C. Alex Hahn with him) for the plaintiff.

Present: GANTS, C.J., SPINA, CORDY, BOTSFORD, DUFFLY, LENK, & HINES, JJ.


The Walter E. Fernald Corporation (corporation), established in 1850, is a charitable organization devoted to serving the needs of the developmentally disabled. The corporation brought an action in the Land Court, seeking, among other things, a declaration under G. L. c. 231A, § 1 (declaratory judgment act), that it is the owner of...

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